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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
51.7% of BancFirst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. 32.4% of BancFirst shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, First Busey had 8 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 10 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.
BancFirst currently has a consensus target price of $134.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. First Busey has a consensus target price of $27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.34%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than BancFirst.
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.
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.
BancFirst has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
Summary
BancFirst beats First Busey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BANF) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff