NKSH vs. GSBC, MOFG, HTBI, CAC, WASH, HTBK, CCBG, THFF, PGC, and CCNE
Should you be buying National Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Bankshares include Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), Camden National (CAC), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), First Financial (THFF), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), and CNB Financial (CCNE). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
National Bankshares vs.
Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and National Bankshares (NASDAQ:NKSH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Bankshares has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Great Southern Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than National Bankshares. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp and Great Southern Bancorp both had 2 articles in the media. Great Southern Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat National Bankshares' score of 0.80 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Southern Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.88%. National Bankshares has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.13%. Given National Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Bankshares is more favorable than Great Southern Bancorp.
Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Bankshares pays out 127.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of National Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 17.40% compared to National Bankshares' net margin of 9.64%. Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity of 10.62% beat National Bankshares' return on equity.
National Bankshares received 9 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.29% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote while only 48.38% of users gave National Bankshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp beats National Bankshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NKSH) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
