GNTY vs. CASH, NIC, CUBI, HUT, PWP, SII, WULF, PGY, CLBK, and MBIN
Should you be buying Guaranty Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guaranty Bancshares include Pathward Financial (CASH), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Hut 8 (HUT), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Sprott (SII), TeraWulf (WULF), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Columbia Financial (CLBK), and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Guaranty Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
Guaranty Bancshares (NASDAQ:GNTY) and Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Guaranty Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Pathward Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Guaranty Bancshares pays out 34.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pathward Financial pays out 2.7% 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 raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Guaranty Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
39.4% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of Guaranty Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Guaranty Bancshares has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Guaranty Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.28%. Pathward Financial has a consensus price target of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.21%. Given Pathward Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pathward Financial is more favorable than Guaranty Bancshares.
Pathward Financial has a net margin of 22.69% compared to Guaranty Bancshares' net margin of 17.15%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 22.50% beat Guaranty Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Guaranty Bancshares had 6 more articles in the media than Pathward Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Guaranty Bancshares and 1 mentions for Pathward Financial. Guaranty Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Pathward Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Guaranty Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pathward Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Guaranty Bancshares. Pathward Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guaranty Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pathward Financial beats Guaranty Bancshares on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:GNTY) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
