Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) VP Mark A. Maples Sells 2,600 Shares

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) VP Mark A. Maples sold 2,600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible 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 shares were sold at an average price of $67.19, for a total value of $139,352.06.

Great Southern Bancorp Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of GSBC opened at $64.35 on Tuesday. 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 50 day simple moving average of $59.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $57.27. The firm has a market cap of $751.61 million, a P/E ratio of 12.53 and a beta of 0.62.

Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.15. Great Southern Bancorp had a return on equity of 10.36% and a net margin of 17.21%. The business had revenue of $90.79 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.75 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.33 EPS. On average, analysts forecast 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 disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th were given a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.49%. Great Southern Bancorp’s payout ratio is 31.37%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GSBC. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Great Southern Bancorp during the third quarter valued at approximately $221,000. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 136.6% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 15,508 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $889,000 after buying an additional 8,954 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 203,810 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $11,683,000 after buying an additional 1,891 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC grew its position in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 20.0% in the 3rd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 11,925 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $683,000 after buying an additional 1,985 shares during the period. Finally, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Great Southern Bancorp by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 62,160 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $3,562,000 after acquiring an additional 600 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 41.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Piper Sandler lowered their price target on shares of Great Southern Bancorp from $64.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a 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.