What does the company do?
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (Bancorp) is a financial holding company of Great Southern Bank (Bank). Bancorp’s business primarily consists of the business of Great Southern Bank, which provides a range of financial services, as well as travel, insurance and investment services through the Bank’s other wholly owned subsidiaries to customers primarily in southwest and central Missouri. Through the Bank and subsidiaries of the Bank, the Company offers insurance, travel, investment and related services. As at December 31, 2008, its consolidated assets were $2.66 billion, consolidated net loans were $1.72 billion, consolidated deposits were $1.91 billion. The assets of the Company consist primarily of the stock of Great Southern, available-for-sale securities, minority interests in a local trust company and a merchant banking company and cash.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
How fast is the company growing?
- Great Sothrn Bnc one-year sales growth: 29.40%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | 29.40% | -1.30% | | Income Growth | NA | 3.00% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Great Sothrn Bnc one-year net profit margin: 29.0%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 6.4 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Regional - Southwest Banks group: 12.0 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 29.0% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 22.6% | | Industry | 17.0% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Great Sothrn Bnc debt/equity ratio: 1.47.
Difference from the average for the Regional - Southwest Banks group: 32.43%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 1.47 | 1.11 |
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