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Southside Bancshares (SBSI) Competitors

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$28.19 -0.49 (-1.71%)
Closing price 04/30/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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SBSI vs. FBP, TCBI, FULT, CATY, FIBK, CBU, HTLF, BOH, CVBF, and INDB

Should you be buying Southside Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southside Bancshares include First BanCorp. (FBP), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Fulton Financial (FULT), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Community Bank System (CBU), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), and Independent Bank (INDB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Southside Bancshares vs.

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

First BanCorp. has a net margin of 24.37% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 19.40%. First BanCorp.'s return on equity of 18.89% beat Southside Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Southside Bancshares19.40% 11.10% 1.06%
First BanCorp. 24.37%18.89%1.58%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Southside Bancshares$257.86M3.32$88.49M$2.919.69
First BanCorp.$920.41M3.48$298.72M$1.8410.66

Southside Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.25%. First BanCorp. has a consensus price target of $22.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.21%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than First BanCorp..

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 BanCorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

First BanCorp. received 117 more outperform votes than Southside Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.80% of users gave First BanCorp. an outperform vote while only 41.69% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Southside BancsharesOutperform Votes
173
41.69%
Underperform Votes
242
58.31%
First BanCorp.Outperform Votes
290
60.80%
Underperform Votes
187
39.20%

55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of First BanCorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of First BanCorp. 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.

In the previous week, First BanCorp. had 6 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for First BanCorp. and 9 mentions for Southside Bancshares. First BanCorp.'s average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.81 indicating that First BanCorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Southside Bancshares
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First BanCorp.
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. First BanCorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Southside Bancshares pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First BanCorp. pays out 39.1% 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 a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First BanCorp. has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First BanCorp. beats Southside Bancshares on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SBSI vs. The Competition

MetricSouthside BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$856.69M$3.06B$11.12B$7.82B
Dividend Yield5.02%3.87%5.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio9.6923.1222.0018.48
Price / Sales3.322.9926.09103.60
Price / Cash10.2910.6317.6034.62
Price / Book1.051.152.654.25
Net Income$88.49M$372.21M$1.03B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-1.64%0.00%0.57%0.89%
1 Month Performance-2.46%-1.21%-0.43%3.53%
1 Year Performance4.21%16.72%537.91%5.08%

Southside Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
3.571 of 5 stars
$28.19
-1.7%
$37.00
+31.3%
+5.7%$856.69M$257.86M9.69810Earnings Report
News Coverage
FBP
First BanCorp.
3.8825 of 5 stars
$19.70
+2.3%
$22.80
+15.7%
+13.8%$3.21B$920.41M10.883,130Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TCBI
Texas Capital Bancshares
3.7217 of 5 stars
$68.54
+1.0%
$76.64
+11.8%
+18.7%$3.15B$956.50M53.552,200Insider Trade
Positive News
FULT
Fulton Financial
4.4621 of 5 stars
$16.85
+1.0%
$19.79
+17.4%
+0.8%$3.07B$1.23B10.733,300Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.1939 of 5 stars
$42.01
-0.4%
$49.60
+18.1%
+21.1%$2.94B$742.38M10.611,180Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FIBK
First Interstate BancSystem
4.835 of 5 stars
$28.08
+0.3%
$35.00
+24.6%
-1.9%$2.94B$999.70M12.823,780Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Down
CBU
Community Bank System
4.8436 of 5 stars
$55.43
+0.4%
$71.00
+28.1%
+25.9%$2.93B$746.30M16.113,030Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
Gap Down
HTLF
Heartland Financial USA
1.1882 of 5 stars
$64.67
-2.2%
$49.50
-23.5%
+53.6%$2.77B$932.87M36.132,000High Trading Volume
BOH
Bank of Hawaii
4.312 of 5 stars
$66.36
+0.7%
$73.17
+10.3%
+16.7%$2.64B$647.64M19.182,080Insider Trade
Positive News
CVBF
CVB Financial
3.6025 of 5 stars
$18.52
+0.3%
$23.50
+26.9%
+13.5%$2.58B$476.31M12.861,070Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
INDB
Independent Bank
4.2929 of 5 stars
$58.18
+0.2%
$71.00
+22.0%
+17.6%$2.48B$696.25M12.871,690

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This page (NASDAQ:SBSI) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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