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BAFN vs. SRBK, FNWD, EBMT, RBKB, SBFG, PNBK, NCTY, FGBI, AFBI, and BSBK

Should you be buying BayFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BayFirst Financial include SR Bancorp (SRBK), Finward Bancorp (FNWD), Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT), Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB), SB Financial Group (SBFG), Patriot National Bancorp (PNBK), The9 (NCTY), First Guaranty Bancshares (FGBI), Affinity Bancshares (AFBI), and Bogota Financial (BSBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

BayFirst Financial vs. Its Competitors

BayFirst Financial (NASDAQ:BAFN) and SR Bancorp (NASDAQ:SRBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

BayFirst Financial has higher revenue and earnings than SR Bancorp. BayFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SR Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BayFirst Financial$143.28M0.30$12.60M$1.735.99
SR Bancorp$48.54M2.73$3.75M$0.4433.41

In the previous week, BayFirst Financial had 3 more articles in the media than SR Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BayFirst Financial and 1 mentions for SR Bancorp. SR Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat BayFirst Financial's score of 0.45 indicating that SR Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BayFirst Financial Neutral
SR Bancorp Positive

BayFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. SR Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BayFirst Financial pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SR Bancorp pays out 45.5% 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. BayFirst Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

16.9% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.7% of SR Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of SR Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

SR Bancorp has a net margin of 7.70% compared to BayFirst Financial's net margin of 6.65%. BayFirst Financial's return on equity of 10.14% beat SR Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BayFirst Financial6.65% 10.14% 0.72%
SR Bancorp 7.70%1.74%0.32%

BayFirst Financial has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SR Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BayFirst Financial beats SR Bancorp on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BAFN vs. The Competition

MetricBayFirst FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.79M$1.99B$12.67B$10.39B
Dividend Yield3.60%2.60%5.48%4.70%
P/E Ratio5.9911.76240.2726.38
Price / Sales0.302.3830.64234.17
Price / Cash1.6512.9219.6430.68
Price / Book0.451.222.286.40
Net Income$12.60M$156.23M$1.01B$276.69M
7 Day Performance23.16%-0.86%-0.60%-0.28%
1 Month Performance14.97%-1.70%0.86%6.69%
1 Year Performance-23.19%16.10%539.88%27.61%

BayFirst Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAFN
BayFirst Financial
2.9726 of 5 stars
$10.37
+16.5%
N/A-34.1%$36.79M$143.28M5.99640News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SRBK
SR Bancorp
0.9176 of 5 stars
$15.36
+0.1%
N/A+36.0%$138.10M$48.54M34.9165
FNWD
Finward Bancorp
1.2643 of 5 stars
$32.49
+1.9%
$34.00
+4.6%
+1.0%$137.92M$111.82M26.20280Positive News
EBMT
Eagle Bancorp Montana
3.8799 of 5 stars
$17.31
+0.1%
N/A+10.3%$137.49M$84.53M10.82350News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
RBKB
Rhinebeck Bancorp
0.5557 of 5 stars
$11.58
-2.0%
N/A+28.0%$131.26M$54.24M-21.44200
SBFG
SB Financial Group
4.2772 of 5 stars
$20.54
+1.3%
N/A+0.4%$128.39M$62.33M11.22270News Coverage
Positive News
PNBK
Patriot National Bancorp
0.8548 of 5 stars
$1.38
+3.0%
N/A-30.6%$128.37M$60.72M-0.15130News Coverage
Positive News
NCTY
The9
0.7314 of 5 stars
$10.63
+3.3%
N/A+47.4%$128.25M$111.71M0.0070
FGBI
First Guaranty Bancshares
3.5335 of 5 stars
$8.32
+0.5%
N/A-24.4%$125.19M$246.45M-8.24490Positive News
AFBI
Affinity Bancshares
2.0929 of 5 stars
$19.87
+1.3%
N/A-8.2%$123.39M$49.99M18.57100News Coverage
Positive News
BSBK
Bogota Financial
1.6345 of 5 stars
$9.28
-0.7%
N/A+11.0%$121.55M$43.10M-927,800.0080Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BAFN) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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