SMBC vs. MBWM, OBK, PEBO, PGC, SBSI, STEL, TCBK, THFF, WSFS, and PFS
Should you be buying Southern Missouri Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Missouri Bancorp include Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Stellarone (STEL), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Southern Missouri Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:MBWM) and Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ:SMBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Mercantile Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Mercantile Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Southern Missouri Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mercantile Bank and 2 mentions for Southern Missouri Bancorp. Southern Missouri Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Mercantile Bank's score of 0.49 indicating that Southern Missouri Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Missouri Bancorp has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercantile Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Southern Missouri Bancorp. Mercantile Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern Missouri Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercantile Bank presently has a consensus price target of $52.83, suggesting a potential upside of 9.07%. Southern Missouri Bancorp has a consensus price target of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.64%. Given Southern Missouri Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southern Missouri Bancorp is more favorable than Mercantile Bank.
Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 21.35% compared to Southern Missouri Bancorp's net margin of 18.76%. Mercantile Bank's return on equity of 13.33% beat Southern Missouri Bancorp's return on equity.
Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Southern Missouri Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Mercantile Bank pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Missouri Bancorp pays out 18.5% 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. Mercantile Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Southern Missouri Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Mercantile Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Mercantile Bank beats Southern Missouri Bancorp on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SMBC) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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