GSBC vs. FCBC, EGBN, MBWM, UVSP, CPF, HBNC, CNOB, HTBK, CTBI, and LBAI
Should you be buying Great Southern Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Southern Bancorp include First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Univest Financial (UVSP), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), and Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
First Community Bankshares has a net margin of 27.10% compared to Great Southern Bancorp's net margin of 18.31%. First Community Bankshares' return on equity of 11.09% beat Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity.
First Community Bankshares received 9 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave First Community Bankshares an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Community Bankshares has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great Southern Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.09%. First Community Bankshares has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.52%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Great Southern Bancorp is more favorable than First Community Bankshares.
Great Southern Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Community Bankshares. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Community Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Community Bankshares pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, First Community Bankshares had 4 more articles in the media than Great Southern Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First Community Bankshares and 4 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat First Community Bankshares' score of 0.50 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp beats First Community Bankshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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