BFC vs. AX, AUB, UPST, ASB, INTR, FHB, BUR, IFS, EBC, and PRK
Should you be buying Bank First stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank First include Axos Financial (AX), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Upstart (UPST), Associated Banc (ASB), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), First Hawaiian (FHB), Burford Capital (BUR), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) and Axos Financial (NYSE:AX) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Axos Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Bank First. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Axos Financial and 3 mentions for Bank First. Axos Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Bank First's score of 0.11 indicating that Axos Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank First has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axos Financial has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank First has a net margin of 32.18% compared to Axos Financial's net margin of 23.96%. Axos Financial's return on equity of 18.57% beat Bank First's return on equity.
Axos Financial received 80 more outperform votes than Bank First when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.71% of users gave Axos Financial an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote.
Axos Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Bank First. Axos Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank First, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
30.0% of Bank First shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Axos Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bank First shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Axos Financial shares are owned by 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.
Bank First presently has a consensus target price of $99.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.58%. Axos Financial has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.08%. Given Axos Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than Bank First.
Summary
Axos Financial beats Bank First on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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