Comparing Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC) & The Competition

Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) is one of 919 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Great Southern Bancorp to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Great Southern Bancorp and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Southern Bancorp	0	1	1	1	3.00
Great Southern Bancorp Competitors	7497	30254	27866	1491	2.35

Great Southern Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $74.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.96%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 14.53%. Given Great Southern Bancorp’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Great Southern Bancorp has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Great Southern Bancorp and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Southern Bancorp	$342.78 million	$70.97 million	14.18
Great Southern Bancorp Competitors	$9.95 billion	$2.42 billion	21.05

Great Southern Bancorp’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Great Southern Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.9% and pay out 28.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Southern Bancorp lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Volatility and Risk

Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Southern Bancorp’s competitors have a beta of 0.61, meaning that their average stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Great Southern Bancorp and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Southern Bancorp	19.85%	10.73%	1.20%
Great Southern Bancorp Competitors	15.62%	9.43%	0.93%

Summary

Great Southern Bancorp competitors beat Great Southern Bancorp on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Great Southern Bancorp

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. is the bank holding company for Great Southern Bank, a community bank headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. The bank provides retail and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses and organizations. Its offerings include checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, residential mortgages, consumer loans and commercial lending, along with online and mobile banking services. Founded in 1923, Great Southern Bank serves customers through branches in Missouri and several neighboring states, including Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Oklahoma.