SouthState (SSB) Competitors $95.54 -1.99 (-2.04%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SSB vs. CRCL, RKT, KB, BBD, IX, BBDO, SYF, SOFI, SHG, and AFRMShould you be buying SouthState stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SouthState include Circle Internet Group (CRCL), Rocket Companies (RKT), KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Bradesco (BBD), Orix Corp Ads (IX), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Synchrony Financial (SYF), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), and Affirm (AFRM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. SouthState vs. Its Competitors Circle Internet Group Rocket Companies KB Financial Group Banco Bradesco Orix Corp Ads Banco Bradesco Synchrony Financial SoFi Technologies Shinhan Financial Group Affirm Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) and SouthState (NYSE:SSB) are both banking companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation. Do analysts recommend CRCL or SSB? Circle Internet Group presently has a consensus target price of $173.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.81%. Given Circle Internet Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Circle Internet Group is more favorable than SouthState.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Circle Internet Group 3 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.29SouthState 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CRCL or SSB? 89.8% of SouthState shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of SouthState shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to CRCL or SSB? In the previous week, Circle Internet Group had 48 more articles in the media than SouthState. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Circle Internet Group and 1 mentions for SouthState. SouthState's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Circle Internet Group's score of 0.53 indicating that SouthState is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Circle Internet Group 17 Very Positive mention(s) 5 Positive mention(s) 21 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SouthState 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better earnings & valuation, CRCL or SSB? SouthState has higher revenue and earnings than Circle Internet Group. Circle Internet Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SouthState, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCircle Internet GroupN/AN/AN/A-$0.01-11,804.96SouthState$2.44B3.96$534.78M$6.7114.24 Is CRCL or SSB more profitable? SouthState has a net margin of 19.27% compared to Circle Internet Group's net margin of 0.00%. SouthState's return on equity of 10.23% beat Circle Internet Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Circle Internet GroupN/A N/A N/A SouthState 19.27%10.23%1.34% SummarySouthState beats Circle Internet Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get SouthState News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SSB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SSB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SSB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSouthStateState Commercial Banks – Fed Reserve System IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$9.87B$2.36B$6.45B$20.96BDividend Yield2.46%2.24%4.17%3.59%P/E Ratio14.2415.7814.2327.94Price / Sales3.962.581,860.0155.97Price / Cash11.8312.28127.1223.77Price / Book1.101.165.215.26Net Income$534.78M$153.05M$1.23B$994.11M7 Day Performance3.52%4.62%0.91%1.78%1 Month PerformanceN/A-0.19%2.44%2.03%1 Year PerformanceN/AN/A28.49%12.80% SouthState Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SSBSouthState2.8812 of 5 stars$95.54-2.0%N/AN/A$9.87B$2.44B14.244,986News CoveragePositive NewsCRCLCircle Internet GroupN/A$159.00+4.0%$175.27+10.2%N/A$35.39BN/A-12,565.20900Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastRKTRocket Companies1.7844 of 5 stars$16.83-4.1%$14.79-12.1%-1.5%$33.62B$5.10B-336.6014,200Analyst ForecastKBKB Financial Group4.863 of 5 stars$82.02-0.7%N/A+31.0%$31.31B$27.12B7.96150BBDBanco Bradesco3.6379 of 5 stars$2.90+0.3%$2.40-17.2%+7.1%$30.86B$37.55B8.2984,022Positive NewsShort Interest ↓IXOrix Corp Ads2.7543 of 5 stars$25.24+1.3%N/A+10.4%$28.79B$18.88B11.5433,982Short Interest ↑BBDOBanco Bradesco2.6452 of 5 stars$2.59+0.2%N/A+5.7%$27.46B$114.74B7.3988,400Positive NewsShort Interest ↓SYFSynchrony Financial4.9298 of 5 stars$69.36+1.3%$74.05+6.8%+57.3%$25.83B$16.05B8.4220,000Positive NewsOptions VolumeSOFISoFi Technologies2.5706 of 5 stars$22.10+0.1%$18.29-17.2%+252.3%$24.43B$2.67B46.045,000SHGShinhan Financial Group4.7773 of 5 stars$50.13+0.5%N/A+21.9%$24.35B$24.56B5.02190Positive NewsShort Interest ↓AFRMAffirm2.1573 of 5 stars$72.33-8.4%$68.09-5.9%+189.8%$23.33B$2.32B-344.432,006 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Circle Internet Group Competitors Rocket Companies Competitors KB Financial Group Competitors Banco Bradesco Competitors Orix Corp Ads Competitors Banco Bradesco Competitors Synchrony Financial Competitors SoFi Technologies Competitors Shinhan Financial Group Competitors Affirm Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SSB) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredAlex’s “Next Magnificent Seven” stocksThe original “Magnificent Seven” turned $7K into $1.18 million. 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