BFC vs. FBMS, DCOM, AMTB, OCFC, SASR, HAFC, NIC, CAC, ALRS, and AROW
Should you be buying Bank First stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank First include First Bancshares (FBMS), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Camden National (CAC), Alerus Financial (ALRS), and Arrow Financial (AROW). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) and First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
First Bancshares received 217 more outperform votes than Bank First when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.32% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote.
Bank First pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bank First pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bancshares pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Bank First currently has a consensus target price of $93.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. First Bancshares has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.16%. Given First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Bancshares is more favorable than Bank First.
Bank First has a net margin of 32.08% compared to First Bancshares' net margin of 20.00%. Bank First's return on equity of 10.08% beat First Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Bank First had 4 more articles in the media than First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bank First and 1 mentions for First Bancshares. Bank First's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat First Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Bank First is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank First has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancshares has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Bank First. First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank First, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
30.0% of Bank First shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bank First shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bank First and First Bancshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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