Critical Survey: Security Bancorp (SCYT) vs. Its Peers

Dividends

Security Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Security Bancorp pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Federal savings institutions” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 34.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.7% of shares of all “Federal savings institutions” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of shares of all “Federal savings institutions” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Security Bancorp has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Security Bancorp’s peers have a beta of 0.22, meaning that their average stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Security Bancorp and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Security Bancorp	N/A	N/A	N/A
Security Bancorp Competitors	8.50%	4.79%	0.54%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Security Bancorp and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Security Bancorp	$17.22 million	$3.27 million	7.62
Security Bancorp Competitors	$931.63 million	$298.86 million	-21.20

Security Bancorp’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Security Bancorp. Security Bancorp is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Security Bancorp peers beat Security Bancorp on 9 of the 11 factors compared.

Security Bancorp Company Profile

Security Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Security Federal Savings Bank that provides banking products and services to individual and corporate customers in Tennessee. The company's deposit products include checking and savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also offers consumer loans; mortgage loans; and commercial loans, including installment loans, lines of credit, and real estate lending. In addition, the company provides financial services, as well as online, mobile, and telephone banking services. Security Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in McMinnville, Tennessee.