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Bank First National (BFC) Competitors

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$123.67 +0.67 (+0.54%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:04 PM Eastern
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BFC vs. CTBI, FCBC, FMBH, GSBC, MCBS, OBK, RBCAA, THFF, NIC, and TMP

Should you be buying Bank First National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank First National include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), First Financial Corporation Indiana (THFF), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), and Tompkins Financial (TMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Bank First National vs. Its Competitors

Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) and Bank First National (NASDAQ:BFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of Bank First National shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Bank First National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Community Trust Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.54%. Bank First National has a consensus price target of $120.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.56%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Community Trust Bancorp is more favorable than Bank First National.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Community Trust Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bank First National
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Bank First National. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 2 mentions for Bank First National. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Bank First National's score of 0.87 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Community Trust Bancorp
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank First National
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Community Trust Bancorp$376.01M2.70$82.81M$4.7911.72
Bank First National$226.09M5.43$65.56M$6.8118.16

Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank First National has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank First National has a net margin of 29.22% compared to Community Trust Bancorp's net margin of 22.49%. Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity of 11.40% beat Bank First National's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Community Trust Bancorp22.49% 11.40% 1.42%
Bank First National 29.22%10.73%1.56%

Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bank First National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank First National pays out 26.4% 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. Community Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years and Bank First National has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Community Trust Bancorp beats Bank First National on 13 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BFC vs. The Competition

MetricBank First NationalBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.23B$875.57M$12.09B$9.04B
Dividend Yield1.45%3.11%5.53%4.02%
P/E Ratio18.1619.4020.0320.25
Price / Sales5.432.0325.69118.60
Price / Cash17.2549.3621.6858.07
Price / Book1.941.132.285.67
Net Income$65.56M$53.76M$1.00B$249.21M
7 Day Performance4.39%4.37%2.22%3.28%
1 Month Performance9.10%8.47%4.60%5.56%
1 Year Performance54.32%29.87%538.59%21.13%

Bank First National Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BFC
Bank First National
2.2225 of 5 stars
$123.67
+0.5%
$120.50
-2.6%
+52.8%$1.23B$226.09M18.16330High Trading Volume
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.5544 of 5 stars
$52.92
-0.3%
$57.00
+7.7%
+32.1%$961.51M$376.01M11.05980News Coverage
Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
2.3886 of 5 stars
$39.17
-1.2%
N/A+15.6%$724.40M$185.53M14.14630
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.5821 of 5 stars
$37.49
-1.9%
$43.83
+16.9%
+22.2%$916.86M$453.67M11.161,198Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
GSBC
Great Southern Bancorp
2.4175 of 5 stars
$58.78
-0.9%
$59.50
+1.2%
+16.1%$680.51M$355.26M10.501,108Positive News
High Trading Volume
MCBS
MetroCity Bankshares
3.0853 of 5 stars
$28.58
+0.6%
$34.00
+19.0%
+16.4%$721.40M$235.98M11.12220News Coverage
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.2629 of 5 stars
$35.77
+0.0%
$42.20
+18.0%
+22.1%$1.11B$358.20M14.541,010News Coverage
Analyst Revision
RBCAA
Republic Bancorp
2.0295 of 5 stars
$73.11
+0.4%
$69.00
-5.6%
+47.0%$1.42B$505.64M12.041,010High Trading Volume
THFF
First Financial Corporation Indiana
3.603 of 5 stars
$54.19
0.0%
$55.67
+2.7%
+55.9%$642.42M$307.51M11.73880Ex-Dividend
NIC
Nicolet Bankshares
2.8918 of 5 stars
$123.74
-1.0%
$119.25
-3.6%
+62.9%$1.89B$520.63M14.93860News Coverage
TMP
Tompkins Financial
3.5014 of 5 stars
$62.73
-1.4%
$69.00
+10.0%
N/A$918.75M$435.70M12.201,011Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BFC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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