BFC vs. FBMS, AMTB, DCOM, OCFC, SASR, HAFC, CAC, NIC, ALRS, and AROW
Should you be buying Bank First stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank First include First Bancshares (FBMS), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), Camden National (CAC), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Alerus Financial (ALRS), and Arrow Financial (AROW). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) and First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, First Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Bank First. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Bancshares and 3 mentions for Bank First. Bank First's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat First Bancshares' score of -0.12 indicating that Bank First is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank First presently has a consensus price target of $93.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.60%. First Bancshares has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.71%. Given First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Bancshares is more favorable than Bank First.
Bank First has a net margin of 32.08% compared to First Bancshares' net margin of 20.00%. Bank First's return on equity of 10.16% beat First Bancshares' return on equity.
30.0% of Bank First shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Bank First shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank First pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bank First pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bancshares pays out 39.7% 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.
Bank First has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancshares has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Bank First. First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank First, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Bancshares received 217 more outperform votes than Bank First when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.32% of users gave First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote.
Summary
First Bancshares beats Bank First on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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