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BancFirst (BANF) Competitors

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$129.23 -2.58 (-1.96%)
Closing price 09/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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BANF vs. BUSE, FFBC, FRME, IBOC, OBK, STBA, STEL, TOWN, UBSI, and HOMB

Should you be buying BancFirst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BancFirst include First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), International Bancshares (IBOC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Stellarone (STEL), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

BancFirst vs. Its Competitors

BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

BancFirst has higher revenue and earnings than First Busey. BancFirst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BancFirst$908.71M4.74$216.35M$6.9518.59
First Busey$663.36M3.30$113.69M$1.1221.92

BancFirst currently has a consensus target price of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.69%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.34%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than BancFirst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BancFirst
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, First Busey had 6 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for First Busey and 2 mentions for BancFirst. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BancFirst's score of 0.12 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BancFirst
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
First Busey
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BancFirst has a net margin of 24.94% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.16% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BancFirst24.94% 14.16% 1.70%
First Busey 9.48%8.76%1.04%

51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.4% of BancFirst shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. BancFirst pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BancFirst has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

BancFirst has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BancFirst beats First Busey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BANF vs. The Competition

MetricBancFirstBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.39B$2.27B$12.73B$10.46B
Dividend Yield1.40%2.40%5.42%4.57%
P/E Ratio18.5912.41240.5526.86
Price / Sales4.742.5530.88125.65
Price / Cash18.1613.9919.8331.15
Price / Book2.641.392.336.50
Net Income$216.35M$143.71M$1.01B$271.25M
7 Day Performance0.20%0.64%0.50%3.22%
1 Month Performance-2.76%-0.36%1.73%8.11%
1 Year Performance20.67%15.77%539.96%26.42%

BancFirst Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BANF
BancFirst
2.6354 of 5 stars
$129.23
-2.0%
$134.00
+3.7%
+19.7%$4.39B$908.71M18.592,135
BUSE
First Busey
4.928 of 5 stars
$24.44
-0.7%
$27.33
+11.8%
-8.8%$2.18B$663.36M21.821,548Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4143 of 5 stars
$25.51
-1.7%
$29.40
+15.2%
+2.2%$2.49B$852.23M10.202,090
FRME
First Merchants
4.8865 of 5 stars
$39.65
-0.9%
$48.25
+21.7%
+6.9%$2.29B$637.74M10.272,120Positive News
IBOC
International Bancshares
3.3524 of 5 stars
$69.64
-1.4%
N/A+11.8%$4.33B$826.42M10.522,336Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.3269 of 5 stars
$35.23
-0.5%
$43.20
+22.6%
+9.6%$1.10B$347.73M14.321,010Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.4691 of 5 stars
$38.56
-1.3%
$42.00
+8.9%
-10.6%$1.48B$384.51M11.311,206Positive News
STEL
Stellarone
2.8967 of 5 stars
$30.96
+11.6%
$31.00
+0.1%
+13.6%$1.55B$625.45M14.261,025Gap Up
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.658 of 5 stars
$35.54
-1.0%
$40.67
+14.4%
+4.5%$2.67B$1.03B15.452,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.5585 of 5 stars
$37.15
-0.7%
$40.50
+9.0%
-1.8%$5.26B$1.12B13.132,553Positive News
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.8934 of 5 stars
$29.36
-1.7%
$33.00
+12.4%
+5.7%$5.79B$1.03B13.412,552Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BANF) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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