HBNC vs. GSBC, WASH, CNOB, CTBI, ABTX, BKU, SBCF, TOWN, FRME, and HTLF
Should you be buying Horizon Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Horizon Bancorp include Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Allegiance Bancshares (ABTX), BankUnited (BKU), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), TowneBank (TOWN), First Merchants (FRME), and Heartland Financial USA (HTLF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) and Horizon Bancorp (NASDAQ:HBNC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Great Southern Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Horizon Bancorp. Great Southern Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horizon Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Southern Bancorp has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Horizon Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Horizon Bancorp received 79 more outperform votes than Great Southern Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.52% of users gave Horizon Bancorp an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Great Southern Bancorp an outperform vote.
Great Southern Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.54%. Horizon Bancorp has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.29%. Given Horizon Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Great Southern Bancorp is more favorable than Horizon Bancorp.
In the previous week, Great Southern Bancorp and Great Southern Bancorp both had 4 articles in the media. Horizon Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Great Southern Bancorp's score of 1.07 indicating that Great Southern Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Southern Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Horizon Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Great Southern Bancorp pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Horizon Bancorp pays out 118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Great Southern Bancorp has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Horizon Bancorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Horizon Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
41.7% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.6% of Great Southern Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Horizon Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Great Southern Bancorp has a net margin of 18.31% compared to Great Southern Bancorp's net margin of 7.02%. Horizon Bancorp's return on equity of 10.97% beat Great Southern Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Great Southern Bancorp and Horizon Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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