BFST vs. BUR, PRK, LU, CLSK, BFH, ENVA, FINV, PPBI, NTB, and FBK
Should you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include Burford Capital (BUR), Park National (PRK), Lufax (LU), CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), FinVolution Group (FINV), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), 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 Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Business First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Burford Capital and 4 mentions for Business First Bancshares. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.81 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Business First Bancshares received 118 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.87% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote.
Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Business First Bancshares' net margin of 14.19%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 11.88% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.
Business First Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.99%. Burford Capital has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.78%. Given Burford Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Business First Bancshares.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Business First Bancshares. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.3% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Business First Bancshares pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 12.9% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Business First Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Business First Bancshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:BFST) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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