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$56.97 -0.81 (-1.40%)
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GSBC vs. BUSE, CTBI, FCBC, FFBC, MBWM, STBA, THFF, UVSP, PRK, and TMP

Should you be buying Great Southern Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Southern Bancorp include First Busey (BUSE), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), S&T Bancorp (STBA), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), Park National (PRK), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Great Southern Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

First Busey currently has a consensus target price of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.92%. Great Southern Bancorp has a consensus target price of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.44%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Great Southern Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 19.80% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 11.38% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey9.48% 8.76% 1.04%
Great Southern Bancorp 19.80%11.38%1.17%

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Great Southern Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Busey$663.36M3.11$113.69M$1.1220.70
Great Southern Bancorp$355.26M1.82$61.81M$6.029.46

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp and 3 mentions for First Busey. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat First Busey's score of 0.35 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Great Southern Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Busey pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. First Busey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

First Busey beats Great Southern Bancorp on 11 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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GSBC vs. The Competition

MetricGreat Southern BancorpFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$654.55M$572.89M$12.59B$10.60B
Dividend Yield2.98%3.22%5.56%4.86%
P/E Ratio9.4612.9921.2628.46
Price / Sales1.821.7429.97128.87
Price / Cash11.9615.7222.2960.64
Price / Book1.111.042.246.53
Net Income$61.81M$36.82M$1.02B$276.75M
7 Day Performance2.34%1.68%0.96%0.20%
1 Month Performance-8.67%-1.74%-1.12%1.67%
1 Year Performance-2.10%6.99%536.19%32.73%

Great Southern Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.6781 of 5 stars
$56.97
-1.4%
$59.50
+4.4%
+2.6%$654.55M$355.26M9.461,108Analyst Downgrade
BUSE
First Busey
4.7296 of 5 stars
$22.79
+1.5%
$27.33
+19.9%
-6.2%$2.00B$663.36M20.351,548Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.2686 of 5 stars
$54.35
+1.9%
$64.50
+18.7%
+2.6%$965.66M$376.01M10.70980
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
2.2168 of 5 stars
$33.05
+1.4%
N/A-22.6%$596.70M$185.53M12.11630Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8143 of 5 stars
$24.93
+2.2%
$29.83
+19.7%
-3.8%$2.34B$1.62B9.972,090News Coverage
Earnings Report
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.2474 of 5 stars
$45.08
+2.1%
$55.25
+22.6%
+3.1%$717.38M$361.89M8.94670News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.0031 of 5 stars
$35.81
+0.9%
$42.00
+17.3%
-7.9%$1.36B$564.96M10.501,206Trending News
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.8262 of 5 stars
$53.11
+2.0%
$57.67
+8.6%
+27.9%$616.83M$307.51M10.15880Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.4524 of 5 stars
$29.07
+1.9%
$29.00
-0.2%
+9.1%$822.10M$500.41M10.61970News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
PRK
Park National
2.5741 of 5 stars
$156.79
+1.5%
$177.75
+13.4%
-6.2%$2.52B$543.45M16.841,790Trending News
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.3839 of 5 stars
$64.18
+1.7%
$70.00
+9.1%
N/A$911.10M$435.70M11.581,011Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:GSBC) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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