Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK) vs Southside Bancshares, Inc. (SBSI)

Equity Bancshares, Inc. and Southside Bancshares, Inc. are both Banks Regional companies. Equity Bancshares, Inc. and Southside Bancshares, Inc. are of similar size ($1.0B and $1.0B). Southside Bancshares, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.4× against 28.8×. Equity Bancshares, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.3% against 8.51%. Southside Bancshares, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.5% vs 9.42%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.12% vs 4.80%). Both pay a dividend; Southside Bancshares, Inc. yields more (4.21% vs 1.55%). Across the 19 metrics below, Southside Bancshares, Inc. leads on 13 and Equity Bancshares, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric EQBK SBSI Banks Regional median
P/E 28.76 10.38 12.02
P/S 2.65 2.23 2.36
P/B 1.22 1.22 1.23
Price to free cash flow 23.29 6.62 10.60
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.48% 9.63% 8.21%
Free cash flow yield 4.29% 15.10% 9.23%

Profitability

Metric EQBK SBSI Banks Regional median
Gross margin 67.33% 60.37% 69.81%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 9.42% 21.47% 18.82%
Free cash flow margin 11.38% 33.63% 17.97%
Return on equity 4.90% 11.80% 10.28%
Return on assets 0.55% 1.15% 1.13%
Return on invested capital 4.80% 5.12% 8.45%

Growth

Metric EQBK SBSI Banks Regional median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.26% 8.51% 6.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (69.25%) (21.31%) 18.85%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.63% 8.28% 12.65%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (3.38%) 9.81%

Health

Metric EQBK SBSI Banks Regional median
Debt to equity 0.58 1.31 0.17
Current ratio 0.93 0.79 0.93
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric EQBK SBSI Banks Regional median
Dividend yield 1.55% 4.21% 2.49%
Payout ratio 0.46 0.44 0.29

Size

Metric EQBK SBSI Banks Regional median
Market cap 1.01b 1.02b 934.85m

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