MCBS vs. GSBC, MBWM, OSBC, UVSP, CFB, HBT, EGBN, FCBC, CPF, and CCB
Should you be buying MetroCity Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MetroCity Bankshares include Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Univest Financial (UVSP), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), HBT Financial (HBT), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Coastal Financial (CCB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) and Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than MetroCity Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp and 1 mentions for MetroCity Bankshares. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat MetroCity Bankshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
25.3% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MetroCity Bankshares has a net margin of 23.26% compared to Great Southern Bancorp's net margin of 18.31%. MetroCity Bankshares' return on equity of 13.15% beat Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity.
Great Southern Bancorp received 212 more outperform votes than MetroCity Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.83% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave MetroCity Bankshares an outperform vote.
MetroCity Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. MetroCity Bankshares pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 31.4% 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.
Great Southern Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than MetroCity Bankshares. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetroCity Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MetroCity Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Great Southern Bancorp has a consensus target price of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.50%. Given MetroCity Bankshares' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MetroCity Bankshares is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.
MetroCity Bankshares has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp beats MetroCity Bankshares on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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