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Southside Bancshares (SBSI) Competitors

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SBSI vs. FRME, MBWM, NWBI, STBA, TCBK, TOWN, UBSI, WSFS, FCF, and PFS

Should you be buying Southside Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southside Bancshares include First Merchants (FRME), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), WSFS Financial (WSFS), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Southside Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) and First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

First Merchants has higher revenue and earnings than Southside Bancshares. First Merchants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southside Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Southside Bancshares$260.02M3.34$88.49M$2.8210.25
First Merchants$1.07B2.11$201.40M$3.8610.18

Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. First Merchants pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Southside Bancshares pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Merchants pays out 37.3% 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. Southside Bancshares has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and First Merchants has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Southside Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.37%. First Merchants has a consensus price target of $48.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.84%. Given First Merchants' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Merchants is more favorable than Southside Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Southside Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
First Merchants
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Southside Bancshares had 5 more articles in the media than First Merchants. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Southside Bancshares and 5 mentions for First Merchants. First Merchants' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.52 indicating that First Merchants is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Southside Bancshares
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Merchants
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Merchants has a net margin of 21.35% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 19.40%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 11.10% beat First Merchants' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Southside Bancshares19.40% 11.10% 1.06%
First Merchants 21.35%9.88%1.23%

55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of First Merchants shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of First Merchants shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Merchants has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Merchants beats Southside Bancshares on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SBSI vs. The Competition

MetricSouthside BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$868.59M$1.49B$12.60B$10.23B
Dividend Yield4.78%8.85%5.44%4.61%
P/E Ratio9.929.73239.1226.13
Price / Sales3.343.4531.63165.77
Price / Cash10.2910.4722.7761.52
Price / Book1.081.062.286.32
Net Income$88.49M$819.47M$1.01B$270.94M
7 Day Performance-6.55%-1.65%-0.69%-0.10%
1 Month Performance-6.51%1.04%1.64%6.37%
1 Year Performance-12.34%5.35%540.11%28.45%

Southside Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
3.6513 of 5 stars
$28.90
-0.5%
$34.50
+19.4%
-13.5%$868.59M$260.02M9.92810
FRME
First Merchants
4.863 of 5 stars
$39.87
-1.1%
$48.25
+21.0%
+6.9%$2.33B$1.07B10.332,120News Coverage
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
4.1891 of 5 stars
$46.59
-0.9%
$55.25
+18.6%
+6.8%$763.68M$361.89M9.24670Analyst Downgrade
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
4.0185 of 5 stars
$12.38
-1.5%
$15.00
+21.2%
-5.9%$1.84B$756.21M11.052,027
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.6755 of 5 stars
$38.67
-1.6%
$42.00
+8.6%
-8.1%$1.51B$564.96M11.341,206Positive News
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.6656 of 5 stars
$45.13
-0.2%
$47.60
+5.5%
+6.3%$1.47B$531.04M13.271,201
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.1367 of 5 stars
$35.72
-0.4%
$40.67
+13.8%
+7.3%$2.69B$1.03B15.532,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.5218 of 5 stars
$37.15
-1.0%
$40.50
+9.0%
+1.7%$5.32B$1.63B13.132,553Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.5162 of 5 stars
$55.41
0.0%
$66.00
+19.1%
+8.7%$3.10B$1.40B12.152,309Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.6748 of 5 stars
$17.38
-1.0%
$18.90
+8.7%
+3.9%$1.83B$699.69M13.371,545Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.8618 of 5 stars
$19.77
-0.7%
$22.70
+14.8%
+6.3%$2.60B$1.14B11.171,801

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This page (NASDAQ:SBSI) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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