SMBC vs. IBTX, PPBI, FBK, IREN, INTR, LU, FINV, PWP, CIFR, and WULF
Should you be buying Southern Missouri Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Missouri Bancorp include Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), FB Financial (FBK), Iris Energy (IREN), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Lufax (LU), FinVolution Group (FINV), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and TeraWulf (WULF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Southern Missouri Bancorp vs.
Independent Bank Group (NASDAQ:IBTX) and Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ:SMBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Independent Bank Group received 109 more outperform votes than Southern Missouri Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.49% of users gave Southern Missouri Bancorp an outperform vote while only 50.70% of users gave Independent Bank Group an outperform vote.
Independent Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Southern Missouri Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Independent Bank Group pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Missouri Bancorp pays out 20.1% 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. Southern Missouri Bancorp has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Independent Bank Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Independent Bank Group. Independent Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern Missouri Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has a net margin of 17.72% compared to Independent Bank Group's net margin of -43.45%. Southern Missouri Bancorp's return on equity of 10.45% beat Independent Bank Group's return on equity.
77.9% of Independent Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Independent Bank Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Independent Bank Group has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Missouri Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Southern Missouri Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Independent Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Southern Missouri Bancorp and 0 mentions for Independent Bank Group. Southern Missouri Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Independent Bank Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Southern Missouri Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Independent Bank Group currently has a consensus target price of $60.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.12%. Southern Missouri Bancorp has a consensus target price of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.33%. Given Southern Missouri Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Southern Missouri Bancorp is more favorable than Independent Bank Group.
Summary
Southern Missouri Bancorp beats Independent Bank Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SMBC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
