Creative Planning Purchases 4,772 Shares of Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC)

Creative Planning boosted its position in Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) by 45.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 15,209 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,772 shares during the period. Creative Planning owned 0.13% of Great Southern Bancorp worth $846,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Gradient Investments LLC bought a new position in Great Southern Bancorp during the second quarter worth about $40,000. EntryPoint Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Great Southern Bancorp by 130.5% during the first quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC now owns 959 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $53,000 after buying an additional 543 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in Great Southern Bancorp during the second quarter worth about $159,000. Comerica Bank bought a new position in Great Southern Bancorp during the first quarter worth about $173,000. Finally, EMC Capital Management boosted its holdings in Great Southern Bancorp by 33.4% during the first quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 4,484 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $246,000 after buying an additional 1,123 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 41.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Piper Sandler raised their target price on Great Southern Bancorp from $53.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 18th.

Great Southern Bancorp Trading Up 3.8 %

NASDAQ:GSBC opened at $57.01 on Friday. Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $46.60 and a fifty-two week high of $65.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $664.62 million, a PE ratio of 11.20 and a beta of 0.62. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $56.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $55.22.

Great Southern Bancorp (NASDAQ:GSBC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 16th. The financial services provider reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.25. Great Southern Bancorp had a return on equity of 10.62% and a net margin of 17.42%. The business had revenue of $90.76 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $53.75 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.52 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. will post 5.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Great Southern Bancorp Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 30th. Great Southern Bancorp’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.43%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director William V. Turner sold 6,000 shares of Great Southern Bancorp stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.19, for a total transaction of $379,140.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 214,532 shares in the company, valued at $13,556,277.08. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In other Great Southern Bancorp news, Director William V. Turner sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.19, for a total value of $379,140.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 214,532 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,556,277.08. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director William V. Turner sold 4,420 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.14, for a total value of $248,138.80. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 210,112 shares in the company, valued at $11,795,687.68. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 15,670 shares of company stock worth $958,706 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 27.60% 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.