BancFirst (BANF) Competitors

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

Is BUSE or BANF more profitable?

BancFirst has a net margin of 24.05% compared to First Busey's net margin of 8.32%. BancFirst's return on equity of 14.38% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Busey	8.32%	8.46%	0.96%
BancFirst	24.05%	14.38%	1.71%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BUSE or BANF?

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BUSE or BANF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Busey	$663.36M	3.26	$113.69M	$1.07	22.58
BancFirst	$908.71M	4.80	$216.35M	$6.95	18.90

Which has more risk and volatility, BUSE or BANF?

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BancFirst has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BUSE or BANF a better dividend stock?

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. First Busey pays out 93.5% 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 pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and BancFirst has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to BUSE or BANF?

In the previous week, BancFirst had 8 more articles in the media than First Busey. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for BancFirst and 14 mentions for First Busey. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat First Busey's score of 0.63 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Busey	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BancFirst	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BUSE or BANF?

First Busey currently has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.51%. BancFirst has a consensus price target of $134.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.03%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than BancFirst.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Busey	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
BancFirst	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

BancFirst beats First Busey on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.