BFST vs. TRST, IBCP, HBNC, EQBK, CATC, MSBI, HTBK, CPF, MCBC, and CCB
Should you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Independent Bank (IBCP), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC), Equity Bancshares (EQBK), Cambridge Bancorp (CATC), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Heritage Commerce (HTBK), Central Pacific Financial (CPF), Macatawa Bank (MCBC), and Coastal Financial (CCB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) and TrustCo Bank Corp NY (NASDAQ:TRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Business First Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.28%. Given Business First Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than TrustCo Bank Corp NY.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY received 44 more outperform votes than Business First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.73% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 53.94% of users gave TrustCo Bank Corp NY an outperform vote.
TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Business First Bancshares' net margin of 17.08%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 12.80% beat TrustCo Bank Corp NY's return on equity.
Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Business First Bancshares pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TrustCo Bank Corp NY pays out 51.6% 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.
Business First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than TrustCo Bank Corp NY. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TrustCo Bank Corp NY, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.4% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of TrustCo Bank Corp NY shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Business First Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than TrustCo Bank Corp NY. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Business First Bancshares and 0 mentions for TrustCo Bank Corp NY. TrustCo Bank Corp NY's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Business First Bancshares' score of 1.59 indicating that TrustCo Bank Corp NY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrustCo Bank Corp NY has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Business First Bancshares beats TrustCo Bank Corp NY on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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