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South Plains Financial (SPFI) Competitors

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$39.80 -0.30 (-0.75%)
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SPFI vs. CTBI, FFBC, FULT, GSBC, NWBI, OBK, OCFC, STBA, UBSI, and WSBC

Should you be buying South Plains Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South Plains Financial include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Fulton Financial (FULT), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), United Bankshares (UBSI), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

South Plains Financial vs. Its Competitors

Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) and South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. South Plains Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Plains Financial pays out 20.0% 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. Community Trust Bancorp has raised its dividend for 44 consecutive years and South Plains Financial has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Community Trust Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $64.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.34%. South Plains Financial has a consensus target price of $44.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.23%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Community Trust Bancorp is more favorable than South Plains Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Community Trust Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
South Plains Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Community Trust Bancorp has a net margin of 23.33% compared to South Plains Financial's net margin of 18.59%. South Plains Financial's return on equity of 12.27% beat Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Community Trust Bancorp23.33% 11.77% 1.47%
South Plains Financial 18.59%12.27%1.26%

Community Trust Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than South Plains Financial. Community Trust Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Plains Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Community Trust Bancorp$376.01M2.74$82.81M$5.0811.20
South Plains Financial$288.97M2.24$49.72M$3.2012.44

60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of South Plains Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than South Plains Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 3 mentions for South Plains Financial. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat South Plains Financial's score of 1.80 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Community Trust Bancorp
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
South Plains Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Community Trust Bancorp beats South Plains Financial on 12 of the 18 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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SPFI vs. The Competition

MetricSouth Plains FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$646.22M$2.03B$12.73B$10.19B
Dividend Yield1.61%2.59%5.42%4.60%
P/E Ratio12.4411.66237.9122.28
Price / Sales2.242.3930.90120.07
Price / Cash11.0412.9219.2529.91
Price / Book1.491.242.316.25
Net Income$49.72M$156.23M$1.01B$270.76M
7 Day Performance-1.73%-0.58%1.00%3.87%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.49%2.74%5.49%
1 Year Performance20.64%18.47%543.82%25.86%

South Plains Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPFI
South Plains Financial
4.45 of 5 stars
$39.80
-0.7%
$44.67
+12.2%
+20.6%$646.22M$288.97M12.44680News Coverage
Positive News
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.3286 of 5 stars
$58.09
-0.5%
$64.50
+11.0%
+17.1%$1.06B$264.82M11.44980Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4269 of 5 stars
$26.34
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.6%
+3.3%$2.53B$1.62B10.542,090Positive News
Short Interest ↑
FULT
Fulton Financial
3.8529 of 5 stars
$19.43
+0.3%
$21.13
+8.7%
+8.9%$3.53B$1.86B11.363,400News Coverage
Positive News
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.3518 of 5 stars
$63.84
+0.6%
$60.50
-5.2%
+9.1%$719.22M$226.53M10.881,108News Coverage
Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
4.1899 of 5 stars
$12.74
+0.2%
$15.00
+17.7%
-6.1%$1.86B$756.21M11.382,027Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.6488 of 5 stars
$38.95
+0.8%
$43.20
+10.9%
+9.1%$1.22B$347.73M15.831,010News Coverage
Positive News
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.4095 of 5 stars
$18.27
-0.4%
$20.67
+13.1%
+2.5%$1.05B$692.36M12.96960Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.4426 of 5 stars
$39.38
-0.5%
$42.00
+6.7%
-7.7%$1.52B$384.51M11.551,206Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.4046 of 5 stars
$38.21
-0.2%
$40.50
+6.0%
+0.9%$5.42B$1.63B13.502,553Positive News
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9769 of 5 stars
$32.13
-0.5%
$38.83
+20.9%
+2.6%$3.10B$762.17M19.362,195News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:SPFI) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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