Southside Bancshares (SBSI) Competitors

Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBSI or FULT?

Fulton Financial received 98 more outperform votes than Southside Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.39% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote while only 41.99% of users gave Southside Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Southside Bancshares	Outperform Votes 173 41.99%	Underperform Votes 239 58.01%
Fulton Financial	Outperform Votes 271 45.39%	Underperform Votes 326 54.61%

Do analysts rate SBSI or FULT?

Southside Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.06%. Fulton Financial has a consensus target price of $20.64, indicating a potential upside of 1.44%. Given Southside Bancshares' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Southside Bancshares is more favorable than Fulton Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Southside Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Fulton Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is SBSI or FULT more profitable?

Southside Bancshares has a net margin of 18.94% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 15.87%. Fulton Financial's return on equity of 11.41% beat Southside Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Southside Bancshares	18.94%	10.64%	1.01%
Fulton Financial	15.87%	11.41%	1.08%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SBSI or FULT?

55.7% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Southside Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SBSI or FULT a better dividend stock?

Southside Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Southside Bancshares pays out 52.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 45.9% 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. Southside Bancshares has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Southside Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor SBSI or FULT?

In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 15 more articles in the media than Southside Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Fulton Financial and 9 mentions for Southside Bancshares. Fulton Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Southside Bancshares' score of 0.22 indicating that Fulton Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Southside Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fulton Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SBSI or FULT?

Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Southside Bancshares. Southside Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fulton Financial, 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
Southside Bancshares	$395.58M	2.40	$86.69M	$2.77	11.31
Fulton Financial	$1.86B	1.99	$284.28M	$1.57	12.96

Which has more volatility and risk, SBSI or FULT?

Southside Bancshares has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fulton Financial beats Southside Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.