GSBC vs. HBNC, ABTX, CNOB, LBAI, CTBI, BKU, BOH, CVBF, SFNC, and TBBK
Should you be buying Great Southern Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Southern Bancorp include Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Allegiance Bancshares (ABTX), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), BankUnited (BKU), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Simmons First National (SFNC), and Bancorp (TBBK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp and Great Southern Bancorp both had 10 articles in the media. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Horizon Bancorp's score of 0.65 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 17.42% compared to Horizon Bancorp's net margin of 5.50%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 10.68% beat Horizon Bancorp's return on equity.
Great Southern Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Horizon Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horizon Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Horizon Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Bancorp pays out 118.5% 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 currently has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.02%. Horizon Bancorp has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 23.64%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Great Southern Bancorp is more favorable than Horizon Bancorp.
Horizon Bancorp received 79 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.52% of users gave Horizon Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp beats Horizon Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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