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Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY) Competitors

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Closing price 09/4/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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GNTY vs. BANR, CCNE, MBWM, OBK, SMBK, TCBK, TOWN, UVSP, PFS, and TMP

Should you be buying Guaranty Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guaranty Bancshares include Banner (BANR), CNB Financial (CCNE), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Origin Bancorp (OBK), SmartFinancial (SMBK), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Towne Bank (TOWN), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Guaranty Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:GNTY) and Banner (NASDAQ:BANR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Banner has higher revenue and earnings than Guaranty Bancshares. Banner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guaranty Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guaranty Bancshares$123.09M4.59$31.54M$3.1415.84
Banner$832.99M2.81$168.90M$5.2512.91

Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Banner pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Guaranty Bancshares pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banner pays out 36.6% 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. Guaranty Bancshares has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Banner has a net margin of 21.15% compared to Guaranty Bancshares' net margin of 17.15%. Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity of 10.13% beat Banner's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guaranty Bancshares17.15% 10.13% 1.02%
Banner 21.15%10.06%1.13%

Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banner has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Banner had 4 more articles in the media than Guaranty Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Banner and 5 mentions for Guaranty Bancshares. Banner's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Guaranty Bancshares' score of 1.02 indicating that Banner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Guaranty Bancshares
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banner
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Guaranty Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.52%. Banner has a consensus target price of $70.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.51%. Given Banner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Banner is more favorable than Guaranty Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guaranty Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Banner
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

39.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Banner shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Banner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Banner beats Guaranty Bancshares on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GNTY vs. The Competition

MetricGuaranty BancsharesNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$564.76M$579.45M$12.50B$9.85B
Dividend Yield2.04%2.55%5.45%4.51%
P/E Ratio18.0811.43231.3026.43
Price / Sales4.592.7930.80119.09
Price / Cash12.9111.5821.9558.92
Price / Book1.891.392.296.06
Net Income$31.54M$23.34M$1.01B$266.28M
7 Day Performance1.10%0.04%0.10%-0.33%
1 Month Performance13.12%6.08%3.42%3.43%
1 Year Performance48.23%17.72%543.19%23.10%

Guaranty Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNTY
Guaranty Bancshares
2.7411 of 5 stars
$49.73
+2.3%
$45.00
-9.5%
+42.9%$564.76M$123.09M18.08470Positive News
BANR
Banner
2.5484 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$70.17
+4.7%
+15.7%$2.34B$832.99M12.771,956News Coverage
Positive News
CCNE
CNB Financial
4.4664 of 5 stars
$26.15
-0.6%
$27.75
+6.1%
+12.6%$775.79M$364.58M10.99760Positive News
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
3.8972 of 5 stars
$49.14
-0.7%
$55.25
+12.4%
+10.8%$804.31M$361.89M9.75670Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
2.9781 of 5 stars
$38.44
-0.6%
$43.20
+12.4%
+20.0%$1.20B$347.73M15.631,010Positive News
SMBK
SmartFinancial
2.7625 of 5 stars
$36.63
-0.2%
$38.25
+4.4%
+31.0%$623.36M$187.06M17.11550Positive News
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
2.7075 of 5 stars
$44.44
-1.0%
$47.60
+7.1%
+3.4%$1.46B$531.04M13.071,201
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8991 of 5 stars
$36.73
-1.3%
$40.67
+10.7%
+7.3%$2.79B$1.03B15.972,720Positive News
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.567 of 5 stars
$31.23
-1.3%
$29.00
-7.1%
+13.8%$911.11M$500.41M11.40970Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.5641 of 5 stars
$19.72
-0.2%
$22.70
+15.1%
+7.0%$2.58B$1.14B11.141,801News Coverage
Positive News
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.433 of 5 stars
$69.50
-1.3%
$69.00
-0.7%
N/A$1.02B$435.70M12.551,011Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GNTY) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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