Ames National (ATLO) Competitors

Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and Ames National (NASDAQ:ATLO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate GSBC or ATLO?

Great Southern Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $60.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.45%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Great Southern Bancorp is more favorable than Ames National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Southern Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ames National	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is GSBC or ATLO more profitable?

Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 19.18% compared to Ames National's net margin of 14.44%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 11.17% beat Ames National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Southern Bancorp	19.18%	11.17%	1.15%
Ames National	14.44%	7.46%	0.64%

Is GSBC or ATLO a better dividend stock?

Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Ames National pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ames National pays out 51.9% 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.

Does the media prefer GSBC or ATLO?

In the previous week, Ames National had 2 more articles in the media than Great Southern Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ames National and 0 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp. Ames National's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Great Southern Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Ames National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Great Southern Bancorp	Neutral
Ames National	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, GSBC or ATLO?

Great Southern Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ames National. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ames National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Southern Bancorp	$355.26M	2.00	$61.81M	$5.87	10.67
Ames National	$59.81M	2.96	$10.22M	$1.54	12.92

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GSBC or ATLO?

41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Ames National shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ames National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, GSBC or ATLO?

Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ames National has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Great Southern Bancorp beats Ames National on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.