BFST vs. AMNB, MSBI, MBWM, MCBS, FCBC, CCBG, CSTR, AMAL, MCB, and SMBK
Should you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include American National Bankshares (AMNB), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Capital City Bank Group (CCBG), CapStar Financial (CSTR), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Metropolitan Bank (MCB), and SmartFinancial (SMBK).
American National Bankshares (NASDAQ:AMNB) and Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
American National Bankshares received 106 more outperform votes than Business First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.73% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave American National Bankshares an outperform vote.
American National Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. American National Bankshares pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Business First Bancshares pays out 21.5% 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 1 consecutive years. Business First Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
American National Bankshares has a net margin of 18.88% compared to American National Bankshares' net margin of 18.22%. American National Bankshares' return on equity of 13.28% beat Business First Bancshares' return on equity.
Business First Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than American National Bankshares. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American National Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American National Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Business First Bancshares has a consensus price target of $23.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.85%. Given American National Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than American National Bankshares.
In the previous week, Business First Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than American National Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Business First Bancshares and 1 mentions for American National Bankshares. American National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Business First Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
47.9% of American National Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of American National Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Business First Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Business First Bancshares beats American National Bankshares on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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