SMBC vs. GCBC, HIFS, HBCP, NBBK, TCBX, HFWA, FSBW, NECB, BLFY, and TSBK
Should you be buying Southern Missouri Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Missouri Bancorp include Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Heritage Financial (HFWA), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Northeast Community Bancorp (NECB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), and Timberland Bancorp (TSBK). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ:SMBC) and Greene County Bancorp (NASDAQ:GCBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Southern Missouri Bancorp received 56 more outperform votes than Greene County Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.17% of users gave Southern Missouri Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.59% of users gave Greene County Bancorp an outperform vote.
Greene County Bancorp has a net margin of 21.65% compared to Southern Missouri Bancorp's net margin of 19.77%. Greene County Bancorp's return on equity of 12.86% beat Southern Missouri Bancorp's return on equity.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Greene County Bancorp. Southern Missouri Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene County Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Greene County Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Southern Missouri Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Greene County Bancorp and 3 mentions for Southern Missouri Bancorp. Southern Missouri Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Greene County Bancorp's score of 0.03 indicating that Southern Missouri Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
49.5% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Greene County Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Greene County Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greene County Bancorp has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southern Missouri Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.08%. Given Southern Missouri Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Southern Missouri Bancorp is more favorable than Greene County Bancorp.
Southern Missouri Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Greene County Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Southern Missouri Bancorp pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greene County Bancorp pays out 22.2% 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. Southern Missouri Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Southern Missouri Bancorp beats Greene County Bancorp on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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