BANF vs. WSFS, FULT, FMBI, WAFD, FFBC, EWBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, and WAL
Should you be buying BancFirst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BancFirst include WSFS Financial (WSFS), Fulton Financial (FULT), First Midwest Bancorp (FMBI), WaFd (WAFD), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
BancFirst has a net margin of 24.65% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 20.73%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.62% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.
BancFirst received 19 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.32% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 50.76% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 5 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for WSFS Financial and 0 mentions for BancFirst. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat WSFS Financial's score of 1.39 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the media.
51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of BancFirst shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BancFirst pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSFS Financial pays out 13.4% 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.
WSFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BancFirst. WSFS Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BancFirst presently has a consensus target price of $85.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.63%. WSFS Financial has a consensus target price of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.33%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than BancFirst.
BancFirst has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BancFirst beats WSFS Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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