HBNC vs. GSBC, WASH, CNOB, CTBI, ABTX, BKU, SBCF, TOWN, FRME, and HTLF
Should you be buying Horizon Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Bancorp include Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Allegiance Bancshares (ABTX), BankUnited (BKU), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), TowneBank (TOWN), First Merchants (FRME), and Heartland Financial USA (HTLF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) and Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Horizon Bancorp and Horizon Bancorp both had 4 articles in the media. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Horizon Bancorp's score of 0.87 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Horizon Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 18.31% compared to Horizon Bancorp's net margin of 7.02%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 10.97% beat Horizon Bancorp's return on equity.
Horizon Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Horizon Bancorp pays out 118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Horizon Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.29%. Great Southern Bancorp has a consensus target price of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.54%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Great Southern Bancorp is more favorable than Horizon Bancorp.
64.5% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned 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.
Great Southern Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Horizon Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horizon Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Horizon Bancorp received 79 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.52% of users gave Horizon Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp beats Horizon Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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