Insider Selling: Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) VP Sells $164,892.00 in Stock

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) VP Mark A. Maples sold 2,600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.42, for a total transaction of $164,892.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Mark A. Maples also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, November 6th, Mark A. Maples sold 2,074 shares of Great Southern Bancorp stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.19, for a total transaction of $139,352.06.

Great Southern Bancorp Stock Performance

NASDAQ GSBC opened at $64.63 on Thursday. Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. has a 1 year low of $48.19 and a 1 year high of $68.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $754.88 million, a PE ratio of 12.67 and a beta of 0.65. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $59.55 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $57.43.

Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 business had revenue of $90.79 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.75 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.33 EPS. Analysts predict that Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. will post 5.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Great Southern Bancorp Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th were paid a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. Great Southern Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio is presently 31.37%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Institutional Trading of Great Southern Bancorp

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 11.5% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 564,032 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $30,920,000 after buying an additional 58,041 shares in the last quarter. Independent Advisor Alliance raised its position in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 219.1% during the 3rd quarter. Independent Advisor Alliance now owns 24,862 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,425,000 after buying an additional 17,070 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its position in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 11,543 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $662,000 after buying an additional 257 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Great Southern Bancorp during the 1st quarter valued at $173,000. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 15.6% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 173,711 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $9,660,000 after buying an additional 23,401 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 41.66% of the company’s stock.

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.