Business First Bancshares (BFST) Competitors $23.73 -0.68 (-2.79%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$23.72 -0.01 (-0.04%) As of 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BFST vs. CORZ, AUB, PRK, CLSK, BFH, ENVA, LU, PPBI, FINV, and FBKShould you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include Core Scientific (CORZ), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Park National (PRK), CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), Lufax (LU), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), FinVolution Group (FINV), and FB Financial (FBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Business First Bancshares vs. Core Scientific Atlantic Union Bankshares Park National CleanSpark Bread Financial Enova International Lufax Pacific Premier Bancorp FinVolution Group FB Financial Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation. Which has more volatility & risk, CORZ or BFST? Core Scientific has a beta of 6.66, meaning that its share price is 566% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CORZ or BFST? Business First Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Core Scientific. Core Scientific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Business First Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCore Scientific$410.91M7.81-$1.50B-$5.03-2.14Business First Bancshares$287.57M2.45$65.11M$2.439.77 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CORZ or BFST? 47.3% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Core Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Business First Bancshares 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. Is CORZ or BFST more profitable? Business First Bancshares has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Core Scientific's net margin of 0.00%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 11.88% beat Core Scientific's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Core ScientificN/A N/A N/A Business First Bancshares 14.19%11.88%1.05% Do analysts prefer CORZ or BFST? Core Scientific currently has a consensus price target of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 73.93%. Business First Bancshares has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.64%. Given Core Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Business First Bancshares.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Core Scientific 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.06Business First Bancshares 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media favor CORZ or BFST? In the previous week, Core Scientific had 15 more articles in the media than Business First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Core Scientific and 3 mentions for Business First Bancshares. Core Scientific's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Business First Bancshares' score of 1.24 indicating that Core Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Core Scientific 16 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Business First Bancshares 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CORZ or BFST? Business First Bancshares received 73 more outperform votes than Core Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.75% of users gave Core Scientific an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCore ScientificOutperform Votes5973.75% Underperform Votes2126.25% Business First BancsharesOutperform Votes13258.41% Underperform Votes9441.59% SummaryCore Scientific beats Business First Bancshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Business First Bancshares News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BFST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BFST vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBusiness First BancsharesState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$704.66M$3.24B$11.49B$8.38BDividend Yield2.26%3.69%5.46%4.10%P/E Ratio10.5023.8022.4819.71Price / Sales2.453.0827.28116.98Price / Cash9.1310.6317.6234.62Price / Book1.051.192.794.50Net Income$65.11M$372.21M$1.04B$248.18M7 Day Performance-4.24%-2.08%0.34%1.14%1 Month Performance5.56%8.22%8.69%15.18%1 Year Performance10.32%15.62%537.74%6.55% Business First Bancshares Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BFSTBusiness First Bancshares4.1934 of 5 stars$23.73-2.8%$31.00+30.6%+14.6%$704.66M$287.57M10.50750Positive NewsGap UpCORZCore Scientific2.8715 of 5 stars$9.88+6.0%$19.07+93.0%+178.6%$2.91B$510.67M-1.83200Positive NewsAUBAtlantic Union Bankshares4.6138 of 5 stars$31.23+6.6%$39.40+26.2%-9.5%$2.82B$857.44M13.641,880Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumePRKPark National1.289 of 5 stars$167.60+2.9%$177.75+6.1%+22.4%$2.71B$528.91M18.001,790Trending NewsAnalyst DowngradeGap UpCLSKCleanSpark3.4384 of 5 stars$9.62+4.6%$21.57+124.2%-47.0%$2.70B$467.49M87.46130Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastBFHBread Financial3.4564 of 5 stars$54.08+7.1%$60.27+11.5%+28.0%$2.52B$3.82B9.747,500Positive NewsENVAEnova International2.9749 of 5 stars$97.83+3.4%$111.00+13.5%+57.4%$2.48B$2.79B13.151,800Positive NewsAnalyst RevisionLULufax1.2981 of 5 stars$2.86+4.2%$2.98+4.2%-31.3%$2.47B$20.29B-3.7192,400Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsPPBIPacific Premier Bancorp4.445 of 5 stars$22.86+7.1%$27.25+19.2%-6.3%$2.22B$541.46M13.941,430Positive NewsFINVFinVolution Group3.2629 of 5 stars$8.64+4.1%$11.40+31.9%+78.2%$2.19B$13.09B7.454,260News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportGap UpFBKFB Financial4.4492 of 5 stars$46.34+2.5%$53.80+16.1%+17.5%$2.13B$482.15M18.761,760Positive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CORZ Competitors AUB Competitors PRK Competitors CLSK Competitors BFH Competitors ENVA Competitors LU Competitors PPBI Competitors FINV Competitors FBK Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:BFST) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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