BFST vs. FSB, MSBI, CCBG, MBWM, MCBS, PPBI, INDB, TOWN, HTH, and SBCF
Should you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include Franklin Financial Network (FSB), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Independent Bank (INDB), TowneBank (TOWN), Hilltop (HTH), and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) and Franklin Financial Network (NYSE:FSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Business First Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin Financial Network. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Business First Bancshares and 0 mentions for Franklin Financial Network. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Franklin Financial Network's score of 0.00 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Business First Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Given Business First Bancshares' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than Franklin Financial Network.
Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Franklin Financial Network pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Business First Bancshares pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Financial Network pays out 11.1% 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 Franklin Financial Network. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Financial Network, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Business First Bancshares has a net margin of 17.08% compared to Franklin Financial Network's net margin of 15.25%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 12.80% beat Franklin Financial Network's return on equity.
Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Financial Network has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Financial Network received 140 more outperform votes than Business First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.28% of users gave Franklin Financial Network an outperform vote while only 57.73% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote.
47.4% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Franklin Financial Network shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Franklin Financial Network shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Business First Bancshares beats Franklin Financial Network on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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