GSBC vs. FCBC, EGBN, MBWM, UVSP, CPF, HBNC, CNOB, HTBK, CTBI, and LBAI
Should you be buying Great Southern Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Southern Bancorp include First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Univest Financial (UVSP), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), and Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
First Community Bankshares (NASDAQ:FCBC) and Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
35.0% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of First Community Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than First Community Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp and 5 mentions for First Community Bankshares. First Community Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Great Southern Bancorp's score of 0.41 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Great Southern Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Community Bankshares. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Community Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Community Bankshares received 9 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.58% of users gave First Community Bankshares an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
First Community Bankshares has a net margin of 27.50% compared to First Community Bankshares' net margin of 18.31%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 11.20% beat First Community Bankshares' return on equity.
First Community Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Community Bankshares pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 31.4% 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.
First Community Bankshares has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Community Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.09%. Great Southern Bancorp has a consensus price target of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.10%. Given First Community Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Great Southern Bancorp is more favorable than First Community Bankshares.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp beats First Community Bankshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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