GSBC vs. BKU, CVBF, TOWN, SFNC, FFBC, FRME, SBCF, RNST, BANR, and WSBC
Should you be buying Great Southern Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Southern Bancorp include BankUnited (BKU), CVB Financial (CVBF), TowneBank (TOWN), Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Renasant (RNST), Banner (BANR), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Great Southern Bancorp vs.
Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BankUnited has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BankUnited has higher revenue and earnings than Great Southern Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankUnited, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 17.40% compared to BankUnited's net margin of 11.48%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 10.62% beat BankUnited's return on equity.
Great Southern Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.31%. BankUnited has a consensus target price of $43.45, indicating a potential upside of 27.26%. Given BankUnited's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BankUnited is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.
BankUnited received 172 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.45% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote while only 55.29% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of BankUnited shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of BankUnited shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BankUnited had 8 more articles in the media than Great Southern Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BankUnited and 6 mentions for Great Southern Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat BankUnited's score of 0.75 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BankUnited pays out 37.7% 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.
Summary
BankUnited beats Great Southern Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GSBC) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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