BFST vs. PRK, CLSK, BFH, ENVA, LU, BUR, FINV, NTB, PPBI, and FBK
Should you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include Park National (PRK), Cleanspark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), Lufax (LU), Burford Capital (BUR), PPDAI Group (FINV), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), and FB Financial (FBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Business First Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) and Park National (NYSE:PRK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Park National had 32 more articles in the media than Business First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Park National and 7 mentions for Business First Bancshares. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Park National's score of 0.00 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Park National has higher revenue and earnings than Business First Bancshares. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Business First Bancshares pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park National pays out 43.9% 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. Business First Bancshares has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Park National has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Park National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
47.4% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Park National shares are held by 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.
Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to Business First Bancshares' net margin of 15.00%. Park National's return on equity of 12.31% beat Business First Bancshares' return on equity.
Business First Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.37%. Park National has a consensus price target of $177.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.25%. Given Business First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than Park National.
Summary
Park National beats Business First Bancshares 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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This page (NASDAQ:BFST) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
