Southside Bancshares (SBSI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southside Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" SBSI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SBSI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Southside Bancshares' stock. Their SBSI share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $36.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.7% from the stock's current price.
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Southside Bancshares' stock was trading at $35.99 at the start of the year. Since then, SBSI shares have decreased by 21.2% and is now trading at $28.36.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 24th 2023.
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Southside Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBSI) posted its earnings results on Monday, October, 25th. The bank reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.25. The bank had revenue of $64.36 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $60.35 million. Southside Bancshares had a net margin of 32.92% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.55%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.82 earnings per share.

Southside Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Tuesday, June 6th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 22nd.
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Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.18%. SBSI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 29 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 42.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SBSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.82% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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17 employees have rated Southside Bancshares Chief Executive Officer Lee R. Gibson on Glassdoor.com. Lee R. Gibson has an approval rating of 53% among the company's employees. This puts Lee R. Gibson in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Southside Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SBSI."

Southside Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.99%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.26%), State Street Corp (4.09%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.90%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.66%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.38%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian K Mccabe, Cindy Blackstone, Donald W Thedford, Emily S Moore, Herbert C Buie, Jared C Green, John F Sammons Jr, John Robert Garrett, Julie Shamburger, Lawrence Lazelle Anderson, Lee R Gibson, Shannon Dacus, Suni M Davis, Susan Elaine Anderson, Tony K Morgan and William Sheehy.
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Shares of SBSI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SBSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.36.

Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) has a market capitalization of $876.89 million and generates $293.84 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $105.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.33 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 809 workers across the globe.

Southside Bancshares' mailing address is 1201 S. BECKHAM AVENUE, TYLER TX, 75701. The official website for the company is www.southside.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (903) 531-7111, via email at deborah.wilkinson@southside.com, or via fax at 903-592-3692.