BancFirst Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:BANF)

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BancFirst in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "reduce" BANF shares.
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2 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for BancFirst's stock. Their BANF share price targets range from $79.00 to $91.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $85.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.6% from the stock's current price.
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BancFirst's stock was trading at $88.18 at the start of the year. Since then, BANF stock has decreased by 4.2% and is now trading at $84.49.
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BancFirst saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 564,500 shares, an increase of 5.9% from the October 31st total of 533,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 83,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.8 days. Approximately 2.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 18th 2024.
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BancFirst Co. (NASDAQ:BANF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 19th. The bank reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.48 by $0.04. The bank earned $148.76 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $146.75 million. BancFirst had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.74% and a net margin of 28.26%.

BancFirst declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 29th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Tuesday, January 16th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 28th.
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BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.00%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 30 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 26.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BANF will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.62% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) stock in their portfolio include First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), Invesco Dorsey Wright Financial Momentum ETF (PFI), First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO) and iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL).ETC 6 Meridian Low Beta Equity Strategy ETF (SIXL).

Shares of BancFirst split before market open on Tuesday, August 1st 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, May 31st 2017. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Monday, July 31st 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

50 employees have rated BancFirst Chief Executive Officer David E. Rainbolt on Glassdoor.com. David E. Rainbolt has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees. 66.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at BancFirst to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BancFirst investors own include Bank of Hawaii (BOH), InterDigital (IDCC), STAG Industrial (STAG), Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC).

BancFirst's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (6.68%), Northern Trust Corp (0.99%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (0.75%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.59%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.48%) and Raymond James & Associates (0.28%). Insiders that own company stock include Bf Bank Partners Lp, Brian Wade Pierson, C L Craig Jr, Darryl Schmidt, Dave R Lopez, David E Rainbolt, David E Rainbolt, David R Harlow, Dennis L Brand, H E Rainbolt, Joe Goyne, John Anderson, John K Slay Jr, Joseph Ford, Karen James, Kelly Foster, Ken Starks, Kevin Lawrence, Main Street Banking Partners L, Mautra Staley Jones, Mike Wallace, Robin Noel Roberson and William Scott Martin.
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