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Great Southern Bancorp
(NASDAQ:GSBC)
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Rating:67Neutral
Price Target:
$88.00
â–²(11.04% Upside)
Action:Downgraded
Date:08/08/26
The score reflects solid but not accelerating fundamentals: healthy profitability and credit/capital metrics are tempered by softening revenue/earnings trends, weaker recent cash-flow momentum, and higher leverage. Technicals provide support with a clear multi-month uptrend and positive momentum. Valuation and a steady dividend are reasonable, while the latest earnings call was mixed due to earnings pressure, balance-sheet contraction, and cost inflation ahead of Q4 2026 savings.
Positive Factors
Sustained Profitability Margins
Healthy TTM net and EBIT margins indicate durable earnings efficiency versus peers. Even with softer revenue, strong margins support cash generation and return on equity, providing a structural buffer for earnings through rate cycles and modest business volatility over the next 2–6 months.
Negative Factors
Top-line Softness
Sustained revenue decline erodes operating leverage and constrains net income growth even with stable margins. Unless loan pipelines convert into funded balances, persistent top-line weakness will pressure profitability and limit capital deployment, making cost saves the main offset in coming quarters.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Sustained Profitability Margins
Healthy TTM net and EBIT margins indicate durable earnings efficiency versus peers. Even with softer revenue, strong margins support cash generation and return on equity, providing a structural buffer for earnings through rate cycles and modest business volatility over the next 2–6 months.
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Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$874.83M
Dividend Yield2.14%
Average Volume (3M)38.85K
Price to Earnings (P/E)13.3
Beta (1Y)0.74
Revenue Growth-8.97%
EPS Growth3.23%
CountryUS
Employees1,075
SectorFinancial
Sector Strength70
IndustryBanks - Regional
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)6.04
Shares Outstanding10,893,203
10 Day Avg. Volume44,382
30 Day Avg. Volume38,848
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.55
Price to Book (P/B)1.10
Price to Sales (P/S)2.04
P/FCF Ratio10.59
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$74.00Price Target Upside-6.62% Downside
Rating ConsensusHold
Number of Analyst Covering1
EPS Forecast (FY)5.75
Revenue Forecast (FY)$222.16M
Great Southern Bancorp Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. functions as the bank holding company for Great Southern Bank, delivering a wide array of financial services across the United States. For depositors, the institution offers various account types, including standard sa...
How the Company Makes Money
GSBC primarily earns money through its banking subsidiary by (1) generating net interest income and (2) collecting noninterest income, while also managing credit costs and operating expenses. Net interest income is typically the largest earnings d...
Great Southern Bancorp Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Jul 15, 2026
(Q2-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Oct 21, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call presented a mixed picture: the bank demonstrated resilience with an expanded net interest margin, strong capital ratios and low nonperforming assets, and a robust loan pipeline. However, these positives were offset by meaningful declines in quarterly net income and EPS, sequential and year-to-date loan and deposit reductions, rising noninterest expense (even after excluding one-time items), and a charge-off in the quarter. Management is taking cost actions (branch consolidations, workforce reductions) expected to produce savings beginning Q4 2026, but near-term earnings and balance sheet volatility remain notable.Positive Updates
Net Interest Margin Expansion
Annualized net interest margin expanded to 3.76% in Q2 2026 from 3.68% in Q2 2025 and 3.71% in Q1 2026, reflecting disciplined funding cost management despite headwinds (absence of $2.0M prior swap income).
Negative Updates
Quarterly Net Income and EPS Decline
Preliminary Q2 2026 net income was $15.8 million ($1.43 diluted EPS) versus $19.8 million ($1.72) in Q2 2025 — a decline of ~$4.0 million (~20.2% in net income; EPS down ~16.9% year-over-year). First-half 2026 net income also fell to $33.3 million vs $36.9 million in first-half 2025.
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Q2-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Net Interest Margin Expansion
Annualized net interest margin expanded to 3.76% in Q2 2026 from 3.68% in Q2 2025 and 3.71% in Q1 2026, reflecting disciplined funding cost management despite headwinds (absence of $2.0M prior swap income).
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Company Guidance
The company’s forward-looking guidance focused primarily on cost savings, capital allocation and tax expectations: management expects the planned consolidation of 9 branches and related workforce reductions to generate $4.4–$4.8 million of annual noninterest expense savings beginning in Q4 2026 and roughly $2.3–$2.7 million of annual pretax income improvement (Q4 start), after incurring $2.1 million of one‑time costs in Q2 (a $1.4M valuation allowance, $561K severance and $163K lease expense); core noninterest expense in Q2 was $36.1M (total $38.2M). They reiterated no loan loss provision for the period (provision for unfunded commitments was $8K), an allowance for credit losses of 1.46% of loans, NPAs at $9.4M (0.17% of assets), and a strong liquidity/capital position (total assets ~$5.52B, deposits ~$4.3B with $665M uninsured/15.5%, loan commitments $1.07B including $532M unfunded construction, secured borrowing availability FHLB $1.23B and FRB $320M, cash equivalents $180M, stockholders’ equity $642M or 11.6% of assets, book value $58.95). Management also said it expects a combined federal/state effective tax rate of roughly 18.0%–19.5% going forward and will continue to evaluate capital uses (remaining repurchase authorization ~304K shares) while declining to provide specific loan‑growth guidance given payoff volatility.Great Southern Bancorp Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
68
Positive
Balance Sheet
62
Positive
Cash Flow
57
Neutral
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 318.36M | 343.30M | 355.26M | 326.91M | 261.12M | 236.99M |
| Gross Profit | 219.47M | 229.76M | 216.99M | 226.37M | 227.57M | 222.00M |
| EBITDA | 78.14M | 95.81M | 84.45M | 94.66M | 103.88M | 105.50M |
| Net Income | 67.30M | 70.97M | 61.81M | 67.80M | 75.95M | 74.63M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 5.52B | 5.60B | 5.98B | 5.81B | 5.68B | 5.45B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 97.20M | 661.99M | 729.13M | 689.54M | 659.11M | 1.22B |
| Total Debt | 511.25M | 405.17M | 166.34M | 172.81M | 277.98M | 238.32M |
| Total Liabilities | 4.88B | 4.96B | 5.38B | 5.24B | 5.15B | 4.83B |
| Stockholders Equity | 641.60M | 636.13M | 599.57M | 571.83M | 533.09M | 616.75M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 49.40M | 66.24M | 39.14M | 73.40M | 46.47M | 79.24M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 54.54M | 77.71M | 44.06M | 80.70M | 66.58M | 84.98M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 252.81M | 370.99M | -175.39M | -88.21M | -801.28M | 190.71M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -373.28M | -454.90M | 115.75M | 50.32M | 185.95M | -122.15M |
Great Southern Bancorp Technical Analysis
Positive
79.25
Price Trends
76.90
Positive
71.59
Positive
66.02
Positive
Market Momentum
1.33
Positive
58.59
Neutral
66.49
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For GSBC, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 79.25 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 79.55, above the 50-day MA of 76.90, and above the 200-day MA of 66.02, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 1.33 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 58.59 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 66.49 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for GSBC.
Great Southern Bancorp Risk Analysis
Great Southern Bancorp disclosed 35 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Great Southern Bancorp reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Great Southern Bancorp Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
77 Outperform | $971.73M | 12.95 | 8.02% | 2.45% | 20.29% | 19.48% | |
76 Outperform | $1.16B | 13.92 | 15.92% | 1.92% | 18.89% | 38.49% | |
74 Outperform | $1.04B | 11.28 | 9.85% | 1.87% | 8.88% | 11.73% | |
73 Outperform | $860.27M | 13.23 | 10.88% | 1.09% | -2.39% | 12.14% | |
73 Outperform | $970.26M | 15.83 | 9.62% | 2.65% | 6.50% | 28.40% | |
68 Neutral | $18.00B | 11.42 | 9.92% | 3.81% | 9.73% | 1.22% | |
67 Neutral | $874.83M | 13.30 | 10.58% | 2.17% | -8.97% | 3.23% |
* Financial Sector Average
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
80.65
25.34
45.81%
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37.60
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BFST
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31.66
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FSBC
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46.08
16.97
58.28%
Great Southern Bancorp Corporate Events
Dividends
Great Southern Bancorp Declares Second-Quarter 2026 Cash Dividend
Positive
Jun 17, 2026
On June 17, 2026, Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. announced that its board of directors declared a second-quarter cash dividend of $0.43 per common share for the calendar year ending December 31, 2026. The dividend, marking the company’s 146th ...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Great Southern Bancorp Shareholders Approve Directors and Incentive Plan
Positive
May 15, 2026
At its annual meeting held on May 13, 2026, Great Southern Bancorp shareholders elected four directors—Kevin R. Ausburn, Amelia A. Counts, Steven D. Edwards and Douglas M. Pitt—to three-year terms, with all nominees receiving sufficien...
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