Southside Bancshares (SBSI) Competitors

BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) and Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BANF or SBSI?

BancFirst received 47 more outperform votes than Southside Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.40% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 42.20% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BancFirst	Outperform Votes 220 53.40%	Underperform Votes 192 46.60%
Southside Bancshares	Outperform Votes 173 42.20%	Underperform Votes 237 57.80%

Does the media refer more to BANF or SBSI?

In the previous week, BancFirst had 9 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BancFirst and 3 mentions for Southside Bancshares. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 1.04 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BancFirst	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Southside Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend BANF or SBSI?

BancFirst currently has a consensus price target of $102.50, indicating a potential downside of 18.83%. Southside Bancshares has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.35%. Given Southside Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than BancFirst.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BancFirst	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Southside Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is BANF or SBSI a better dividend stock?

BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. BancFirst pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southside Bancshares pays out 52.0% 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. BancFirst has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Southside Bancshares has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BANF or SBSI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BancFirst	$809.34M	5.17	$212.46M	$6.22	20.30
Southside Bancshares	$395.58M	2.69	$86.69M	$2.77	12.68

Which has more volatility and risk, BANF or SBSI?

BancFirst has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BANF or SBSI?

51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of BancFirst shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BANF or SBSI more profitable?

BancFirst has a net margin of 23.52% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 18.94%. BancFirst's return on equity of 13.92% beat Southside Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BancFirst	23.52%	13.92%	1.64%
Southside Bancshares	18.94%	10.64%	1.01%

Summary

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