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Southside Bancshares (SBSI) Competitors

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SBSI vs. FFBC, FRME, 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 Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), 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

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

Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 19.40% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 18.65%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 11.10% beat First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Financial Bancorp.18.65% 10.44% 1.38%
Southside Bancshares 19.40%11.10%1.06%

First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southside Bancshares pays out 49.5% 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. First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Southside Bancshares has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 8 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 4 mentions for Southside Bancshares. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.31 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

First Financial Bancorp. has higher revenue and earnings than Southside Bancshares. First Financial Bancorp. 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
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.51$228.83M$2.4110.57
Southside Bancshares$258.81M3.60$88.49M$2.9110.59

First Financial Bancorp. currently has a consensus price target of $28.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.91%. Southside Bancshares has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.01%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than First Financial Bancorp..

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Southside Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats Southside Bancshares on 10 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SBSI vs. The Competition

MetricSouthside BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$931.50M$1.32B$12.01B$8.92B
Dividend Yield4.98%8.16%5.61%4.12%
P/E Ratio10.5915.5819.9519.84
Price / Sales3.603.4025.70113.63
Price / Cash10.2910.4921.1757.06
Price / Book1.151.052.255.32
Net Income$88.49M$648.53M$1.00B$248.42M
7 Day Performance6.52%2.27%2.39%2.50%
1 Month Performance11.24%4.33%3.96%5.53%
1 Year Performance13.30%14.10%540.00%19.65%

Southside Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBSI
Southside Bancshares
3.6879 of 5 stars
$30.83
+1.1%
$37.00
+20.0%
+12.1%$931.50M$258.81M10.59810
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.7199 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+13.3%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.7191 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+21.2%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.4092 of 5 stars
$12.78
-0.4%
$15.00
+17.4%
+14.7%$1.64B$756.21M14.202,027
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.5494 of 5 stars
$37.82
-0.5%
$41.67
+10.2%
+17.8%$1.46B$564.96M10.901,206Analyst Revision
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.0438 of 5 stars
$40.49
-1.7%
$47.80
+18.1%
+7.3%$1.35B$531.04M11.801,201Analyst Revision
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.7898 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+29.1%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1778 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+16.3%$5.18B$1.63B13.542,553News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.194 of 5 stars
$55.00
-0.1%
$62.75
+14.1%
+23.3%$3.12B$1.40B12.362,309News Coverage
Analyst Revision
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.8797 of 5 stars
$16.24
-0.7%
$18.92
+16.5%
+21.0%$1.72B$699.69M12.121,545Positive News
Analyst Revision
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.4152 of 5 stars
$17.55
-0.9%
$23.60
+34.5%
+26.1%$2.31B$1.14B15.811,801News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:SBSI) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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