Insider Selling: Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) Director Sells $152,625.00 in Stock

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) Director Julie A. Brown sold 2,500 shares of Great Southern Bancorp stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $61.05, for a total value of $152,625.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 32,896 shares in the company, valued at $2,008,300.80. This trade represents a 7.06 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Great Southern Bancorp Stock Up 2.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ GSBC opened at $64.24 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $58.76 and a 200-day moving average of $56.77. The company has a quick ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. has a 52-week low of $48.19 and a 52-week high of $68.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $750.32 million, a PE ratio of 12.60 and a beta of 0.62.

Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.15. Great Southern Bancorp had a net margin of 17.21% and a return on equity of 10.36%. The company had revenue of $90.79 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.75 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.33 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. will post 5.3 EPS for the current year.

Great Southern Bancorp Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th were issued a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.49%. Great Southern Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio is currently 31.37%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Great Southern Bancorp

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Great Southern Bancorp by 11.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 564,032 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $30,920,000 after buying an additional 58,041 shares during the last quarter. Comerica Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Great Southern Bancorp in the 1st quarter valued at $173,000. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in Great Southern Bancorp by 15.6% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 173,711 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $9,660,000 after acquiring an additional 23,401 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE raised its holdings in Great Southern Bancorp by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 11,543 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $662,000 after acquiring an additional 257 shares during the period. Finally, Creative Planning raised its holdings in Great Southern Bancorp by 45.7% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 15,209 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $846,000 after acquiring an additional 4,772 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 41.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Great Southern Bancorp from $64.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 18th.

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.