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BAFN vs. UBFO, BVFL, LARK, DGXX, CFBK, MNSB, SLNH, RMBI, FCAP, and BCBP

Should you be buying BayFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BayFirst Financial include United Security Bancshares (UBFO), BV Financial (BVFL), Landmark Bancorp (LARK), Digi Power X (DGXX), CF Bankshares (CFBK), MainStreet Bank (MNSB), Soluna (SLNH), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation (RMBI), First Capital (FCAP), and BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ) (BCBP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

BayFirst Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

United Security Bancshares has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayFirst Financial has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

United Security Bancshares has a net margin of 17.51% compared to BayFirst Financial's net margin of 6.65%. BayFirst Financial's return on equity of 10.14% beat United Security Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Security Bancshares17.51% 8.58% 0.94%
BayFirst Financial 6.65%10.14%0.72%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Security Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BayFirst Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, United Security Bancshares had 6 more articles in the media than BayFirst Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for United Security Bancshares and 0 mentions for BayFirst Financial. United Security Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat BayFirst Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that United Security Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
United Security Bancshares Positive
BayFirst Financial Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Security Bancshares$65.46M2.38$14.78M$0.6713.28
BayFirst Financial$143.28M0.27$12.60M$1.735.43

30.9% of United Security Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of United Security Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

United Security Bancshares beats BayFirst Financial on 12 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$39.31M$1.85B$12.54B$10.56B
Dividend YieldN/A2.75%5.61%4.84%
P/E Ratio5.4310.9520.7922.83
Price / Sales0.272.3129.97132.58
Price / Cash1.7712.0919.3430.35
Price / Book0.411.172.276.69
Net Income$12.60M$158.22M$1.02B$276.46M
7 Day Performance1.57%-0.48%0.27%0.97%
1 Month Performance10.53%-3.89%-1.32%3.95%
1 Year Performance-31.67%8.44%539.10%36.40%

BayFirst Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAFN
BayFirst Financial
N/A$9.40
-1.2%
N/A-30.8%$39.31M$143.28M5.43640Gap Up
UBFO
United Security Bancshares
2.6096 of 5 stars
$8.83
+1.4%
N/A+2.3%$152.22M$65.46M13.38120News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
BVFL
BV Financial
2.067 of 5 stars
$15.30
+0.9%
N/A-5.6%$150.68M$49.20M14.85112News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
LARK
Landmark Bancorp
1.2641 of 5 stars
$25.99
+0.4%
N/A+29.4%$149.67M$89.35M9.23270
DGXX
Digi Power X
1.2491 of 5 stars
$3.34
+3.1%
$3.17
-5.2%
N/A$148.49M$37M-5.2210Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CFBK
CF Bankshares
4.0001 of 5 stars
$23.68
+1.8%
$29.00
+22.5%
-5.4%$148.04M$123.56M8.52130
MNSB
MainStreet Bank
1.7834 of 5 stars
$19.32
+1.5%
N/A-2.7%$146.64M$137.87M-13.23170News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
SLNH
Soluna
1.308 of 5 stars
$2.79
+23.5%
N/A+4.7%$144.87M$27.89M-0.3160Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
RMBI
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation
1.3044 of 5 stars
$14.39
+3.8%
N/A+3.9%$144.51M$85.28M15.31180News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
FCAP
First Capital
1.9362 of 5 stars
$42.37
flat
N/A+12.7%$142.16M$46.13M10.75220Upcoming Earnings
BCBP
BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NJ)
3.7281 of 5 stars
$8.12
+1.5%
$9.50
+17.0%
-40.2%$137.55M$196.95M42.74290

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This page (NASDAQ:BAFN) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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