MCBS vs. GSBC, MBWM, OSBC, UVSP, CFB, HBT, EGBN, FCBC, CPF, and CCB
Should you be buying MetroCity Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MetroCity Bankshares include Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), Univest Financial (UVSP), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), HBT Financial (HBT), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), and Coastal Financial (CCB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and MetroCity Bankshares (NASDAQ:MCBS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than MetroCity Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp and 0 mentions for MetroCity Bankshares. MetroCity Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Great Southern Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MetroCity Bankshares has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MetroCity Bankshares has a net margin of 23.26% compared to MetroCity Bankshares' net margin of 18.31%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 13.30% beat MetroCity Bankshares' return on equity.
Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. MetroCity Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MetroCity Bankshares pays out 40.6% 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. MetroCity Bankshares has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. MetroCity Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Great Southern Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $57.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.57%. MetroCity Bankshares has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.67%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MetroCity Bankshares is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.
41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.3% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of MetroCity Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Great Southern Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than MetroCity Bankshares. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetroCity Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Southern Bancorp received 212 more outperform votes than MetroCity Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.83% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave MetroCity Bankshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp beats MetroCity Bankshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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