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