GSBC vs. HTLF, TOWN, FFBC, FRME, SBCF, WSBC, RNST, BANR, TRMK, and NBTB
Should you be buying Great Southern Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Southern Bancorp include Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), TowneBank (TOWN), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), WesBanco (WSBC), Renasant (RNST), Banner (BANR), Trustmark (TRMK), and NBT Bancorp (NBTB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Great Southern Bancorp vs.
Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) and Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 17.40% compared to Heartland Financial USA's net margin of 8.79%. Heartland Financial USA's return on equity of 10.81% beat Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Heartland Financial USA. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp and 1 mentions for Heartland Financial USA. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Heartland Financial USA's score of 0.21 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heartland Financial USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Heartland Financial USA pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 30.4% 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. Great Southern Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Heartland Financial USA presently has a consensus target price of $46.67, indicating a potential downside of 27.84%. Great Southern Bancorp has a consensus target price of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.88%. Given Great Southern Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Great Southern Bancorp is more favorable than Heartland Financial USA.
Heartland Financial USA received 169 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.20% of users gave Heartland Financial USA an outperform vote while only 55.29% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
Heartland Financial USA has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less 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.
71.6% of Heartland Financial USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Heartland Financial USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Heartland Financial USA has higher revenue and earnings than Great Southern Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heartland Financial USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Heartland Financial USA beats Great Southern Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GSBC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
