Fidelity Southern (LION) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SSB or LION?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SSB or LION?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SouthState	$1.88B	4.72	$534.78M	$6.33	13.84
Fidelity Southern	$2.99B	0.64	-$93.50M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate SSB or LION?

SouthState currently has a consensus price target of $116.27, indicating a potential upside of 32.73%. Fidelity Southern has a consensus price target of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 69.84%. Given Fidelity Southern's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fidelity Southern is more favorable than SouthState.

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

Does the media favor SSB or LION?

In the previous week, SouthState had 16 more articles in the media than Fidelity Southern. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SouthState and 0 mentions for Fidelity Southern. SouthState's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Fidelity Southern's score of 0.00 indicating that SouthState is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SouthState	Positive
Fidelity Southern	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SSB or LION?

89.8% of SouthState shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of SouthState shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Fidelity Southern shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SSB or LION 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
SouthState	22.38%	9.62%	1.21%
Fidelity Southern	-6.57%	N/A	-2.43%

Summary

SouthState beats Fidelity Southern on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.