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BANF vs. EWBC, FHN, SSB, WBS, CBSH, PNFP, WAL, CFR, WTFC, and UMBF

Should you be buying BancFirst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BancFirst include East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and UMB Financial (UMBF). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

BancFirst vs.

BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

BancFirst has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BancFirst presently has a consensus price target of $113.33, indicating a potential downside of 8.47%. East West Bancorp has a consensus price target of $107.85, indicating a potential upside of 18.59%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than BancFirst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BancFirst
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
East West Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. BancFirst pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BancFirst has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years and East West Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.4% of BancFirst shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BancFirst$645.29M6.38$216.35M$6.6118.73
East West Bancorp$2.62B4.79$1.17B$8.3810.85

East West Bancorp received 346 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.61% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.51% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BancFirstOutperform Votes
220
52.51%
Underperform Votes
199
47.49%
East West BancorpOutperform Votes
566
64.61%
Underperform Votes
310
35.39%

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 25.73% compared to BancFirst's net margin of 23.52%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.71% beat BancFirst's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BancFirst23.52% 14.21% 1.68%
East West Bancorp 25.73%15.71%1.58%

In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 15 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for East West Bancorp and 5 mentions for BancFirst. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat BancFirst's score of 0.51 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BancFirst
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
East West Bancorp
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

East West Bancorp beats BancFirst on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BANF vs. The Competition

MetricBancFirstNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.12B$23.00B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield1.43%3.41%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio19.2312.8022.4219.71
Price / Sales6.382.8927.62120.55
Price / Cash16.1611.1617.6234.62
Price / Book2.841.192.774.50
Net Income$216.35M$2.17B$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-3.45%-2.36%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance6.10%6.23%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance38.72%18.80%536.61%7.30%

BancFirst Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BANF
BancFirst
1.8052 of 5 stars
$123.82
-1.7%
$113.33
-8.5%
+38.7%$4.12B$645.29M19.232,050News Coverage
Insider Trade
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.3071 of 5 stars
$95.06
-0.5%
$105.54
+11.0%
+19.3%$13.10B$2.62B11.413,160Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
FHN
First Horizon
4.7249 of 5 stars
$20.33
flat
$21.97
+8.1%
+19.5%$10.31B$3.09B14.957,540News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SSB
SouthState
4.8786 of 5 stars
$91.47
+0.2%
$116.90
+27.8%
+10.5%$9.28B$1.88B13.145,030News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9431 of 5 stars
$52.48
-0.8%
$62.58
+19.3%
+10.3%$8.83B$2.62B12.013,240Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
4.0391 of 5 stars
$65.55
-0.1%
$63.20
-3.6%
+11.1%$8.75B$1.69B16.354,590Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.7018 of 5 stars
$110.67
-0.6%
$119.90
+8.3%
+27.3%$8.58B$1.55B18.513,240News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9962 of 5 stars
$77.34
-1.0%
$96.38
+24.6%
+11.0%$8.54B$3.21B10.893,360News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.6611 of 5 stars
$131.62
+0.4%
$132.14
+0.4%
+20.2%$8.46B$2.10B14.844,980News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.82 of 5 stars
$122.05
-0.2%
$133.54
+9.4%
+18.0%$8.17B$2.49B11.845,280News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.9516 of 5 stars
$106.86
-0.2%
$120.33
+12.6%
+19.6%$8.11B$1.62B11.893,770Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BANF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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