Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) VP Sells $33,500.00 in Stock

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) VP Kevin L. Baker sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.60, for a total transaction of $33,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 13 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $696.80. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

Great Southern Bancorp Trading Down 1.4 %

NASDAQ GSBC opened at $52.91 on Friday. Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. has a 12 month low of $45.38 and a 12 month high of $61.94. The company has a 50-day moving average of $51.92 and a 200-day moving average of $52.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.94. The company has a market cap of $620.63 million, a P/E ratio of 10.39 and a beta of 0.66.

Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 23rd. The financial services provider reported $1.11 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.14 by ($0.03). Great Southern Bancorp had a net margin of 18.31% and a return on equity of 11.05%. The company had revenue of $83.05 million for the quarter. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.84 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. will post 4.79 earnings per share for the current year.

Great Southern Bancorp Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 1st. Great Southern Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio is currently 31.43%.

Institutional Trading of Great Southern Bancorp

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its holdings in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 11.8% during the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 150,742 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $8,264,000 after purchasing an additional 15,941 shares during the period. Commerce Bank grew its holdings in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 8,230 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $488,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 43.0% during the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 8,452 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $502,000 after purchasing an additional 2,541 shares during the period. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC grew its holdings in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 19.1% during the 4th quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 8,726 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $518,000 after purchasing an additional 1,401 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 522,676 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $25,047,000 after purchasing an additional 3,758 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 41.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of Great Southern Bancorp from $58.00 to $57.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 24th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on shares of Great Southern Bancorp from $59.00 to $58.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 25th.

About Great Southern Bancorp

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc operates as a bank holding company for Great Southern Bank that provides a range of financial services in the United States. Its deposit products include regular savings accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, fixed interest rate certificates with varying maturities, certificates of deposit, brokered certificates, and individual retirement accounts.