Southside Bancshares (SBSI) Competitors

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

Hope Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.77%. Southside Bancshares has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Given Hope Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Southside Bancshares.

In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 0 mentions for Southside Bancshares. Hope Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% 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.

Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 15.85% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 6.56%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 10.81% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.

Hope Bancorp has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the broader market.

Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Hope Bancorp pays out 107.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southside Bancshares pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southside Bancshares has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.

Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mercantile Bank has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the broader market.

Mercantile Bank has a net margin of 24.19% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 15.85%. Mercantile Bank's return on equity of 13.73% beat Southside Bancshares' return on equity.

55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Mercantile Bank shares are owned 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.

Southside Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Mercantile Bank has a consensus price target of $56.20, indicating a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Mercantile Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mercantile Bank is more favorable than Southside Bancshares.

In the previous week, Mercantile Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mercantile Bank and 0 mentions for Southside Bancshares. Mercantile Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Mercantile Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Mercantile Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Southside Bancshares pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercantile Bank pays out 28.0% 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. Southside Bancshares has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Mercantile Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Southside Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Peoples Bancorp has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.80%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than Peoples Bancorp.

Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Peoples Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the broader market.

55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Peoples Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Peoples Bancorp has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 15.85%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 10.81% beat Peoples Bancorp's return on equity.

In the previous week, Southside Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Peoples Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.

Peoples Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Southside Bancshares. Peoples 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.

Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Peoples Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Southside Bancshares pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peoples Bancorp pays out 53.8% 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 increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Peoples Bancorp has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Peoples Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Southside Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of S&T Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Southside Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. S&T Bancorp has a consensus target price of $44.40, indicating a potential downside of 7.81%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than S&T Bancorp.

S&T Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Southside Bancshares. S&T 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.

Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, S&T Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the broader market.

S&T Bancorp has a net margin of 23.71% compared to Southside Bancshares' net margin of 15.85%. Southside Bancshares' return on equity of 10.81% beat S&T Bancorp's return on equity.

Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. S&T Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Southside Bancshares pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&T Bancorp pays out 41.5% 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. Southside Bancshares has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and S&T Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, S&T Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for S&T Bancorp and 0 mentions for Southside Bancshares. S&T Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that S&T Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.