Fidelity Southern (LION) Competitors

Fidelity Southern (NASDAQ:LION) and SouthState (NASDAQ:SSB) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Does the media favor LION or SSB?

In the previous week, SouthState had 6 more articles in the media than Fidelity Southern. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SouthState and 0 mentions for Fidelity Southern. SouthState's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Fidelity Southern's score of 0.00 indicating that SouthState is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Southern	Neutral
SouthState	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LION or SSB?

SouthState has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fidelity Southern.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity Southern	$2.99B	0.61	-$93.50M	N/A	N/A
SouthState	$1.88B	4.59	$534.78M	$6.33	13.44

Is LION or SSB more profitable?

SouthState has a net margin of 22.38% compared to Fidelity Southern's net margin of -6.57%. SouthState's return on equity of 9.62% beat Fidelity Southern's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Southern	-6.57%	N/A	-2.43%
SouthState	22.38%	9.62%	1.21%

Do analysts recommend LION or SSB?

Fidelity Southern presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.96%. SouthState has a consensus price target of $116.27, suggesting a potential upside of 36.67%. Given SouthState's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SouthState is more favorable than Fidelity Southern.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Southern	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SouthState	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LION or SSB?

89.8% of SouthState shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Fidelity Southern shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of SouthState shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LION or SSB?

SouthState received 290 more outperform votes than Fidelity Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave SouthState an outperform vote while only 59.73% of users gave Fidelity Southern an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Southern	Outperform Votes 221 59.73%	Underperform Votes 149 40.27%
SouthState	Outperform Votes 511 62.01%	Underperform Votes 313 37.99%

Summary

SouthState beats Fidelity Southern on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.