Overview

* Great Southern preliminaryQ2 EPS rises to $1.72, up from $1.45 last year

* Net interest income increases ~8.9% to $51.0 mln, driven by lower interest expenses on deposit accounts and other borrowings

* Non-performing assets decreased to $8.1 mln

Outlook

* Company anticipates recording $2.0 mln interest income from terminated swap in Q3 2025

* Great Southern remains focused on controlling costs and safeguarding credit quality

* Company expects effective tax rate to be approximately 18.0% to 20.0% in future periods

Result Drivers

* NET INTEREST INCOME - Driven by lower interest expenses on deposits and borrowings, net interest income rose 8.9% to $51.0 million

* ASSET QUALITY - Non-performing assets decreased to $8.1 million

* NON-INTEREST INCOME - Decreased due to lower net gains on loan sales and other income compared to prior year

Key Details

Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu

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Estimate

Q2 EPS $1.72

Q2 Net $19.79

Income mln

Q2 Net $50.96

Interest mln

Income

Analyst Coverage

* The current average analyst rating on theshares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is no "strong buy" or "buy", 2 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

* The average consensus recommendation for the banks peer group is "buy."

* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Great Southern Bancorp Inc ( GSBC ) is $59.50, about 0.8% above its July 15 closing price of $59.02

* The stock recently traded at 11 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 11 three months ago

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