SMBC vs. PCSB, BHLB, NBBK, HFWA, GCBC, HIFS, HBCP, TCBX, PBFS, and FSBW
Should you be buying Southern Missouri Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Missouri Bancorp include PCSB Financial (PCSB), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), NB Bancorp (NBBK), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), and FS Bancorp (FSBW). These companies are all part of the "savings institutions, except federal" industry.
Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ:SMBC) and PCSB Financial (NASDAQ:PCSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than PCSB Financial. Southern Missouri Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PCSB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern Missouri Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCSB Financial has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PCSB Financial has a net margin of 24.60% compared to Southern Missouri Bancorp's net margin of 19.77%. Southern Missouri Bancorp's return on equity of 11.44% beat PCSB Financial's return on equity.
Southern Missouri Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.23%. Given Southern Missouri Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Southern Missouri Bancorp is more favorable than PCSB Financial.
In the previous week, Southern Missouri Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than PCSB Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Southern Missouri Bancorp and 0 mentions for PCSB Financial. Southern Missouri Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat PCSB Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Southern Missouri Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
49.5% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of PCSB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Southern Missouri Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of PCSB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Southern Missouri Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. PCSB Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Southern Missouri Bancorp pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PCSB Financial pays out 25.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Southern Missouri Bancorp received 49 more outperform votes than PCSB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.62% of users gave PCSB Financial an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave Southern Missouri Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Southern Missouri Bancorp beats PCSB Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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