Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY) Competitors

Blue Foundry Bancorp (NASDAQ:BLFY) and First Mid Bancshares (NASDAQ:FMBH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Do analysts recommend BLFY or FMBH?

Blue Foundry Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.79%. First Mid Bancshares has a consensus target price of $43.83, suggesting a potential upside of 22.06%. Given First Mid Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Mid Bancshares is more favorable than Blue Foundry Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Foundry Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
First Mid Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, BLFY or FMBH?

Blue Foundry Bancorp has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Mid Bancshares has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BLFY or FMBH more profitable?

First Mid Bancshares has a net margin of 17.39% compared to Blue Foundry Bancorp's net margin of -13.65%. First Mid Bancshares' return on equity of 10.10% beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Foundry Bancorp	-13.65%	-3.45%	-0.58%
First Mid Bancshares	17.39%	10.10%	1.09%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BLFY or FMBH?

56.5% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of First Mid Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLFY or FMBH?

First Mid Bancshares received 192 more outperform votes than Blue Foundry Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.03% of users gave First Mid Bancshares an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Blue Foundry Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Foundry Bancorp	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 13 100.00%
First Mid Bancshares	Outperform Votes 192 52.03%	Underperform Votes 177 47.97%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BLFY or FMBH?

First Mid Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Foundry Bancorp. Blue Foundry Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Mid Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Foundry Bancorp	$39.34M	5.53	-$11.91M	-$0.56	-17.57
First Mid Bancshares	$322.32M	2.67	$78.90M	$3.36	10.69

Does the media refer more to BLFY or FMBH?

In the previous week, Blue Foundry Bancorp had 8 more articles in the media than First Mid Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Blue Foundry Bancorp and 6 mentions for First Mid Bancshares. First Mid Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's score of 0.56 indicating that First Mid Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Foundry Bancorp	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Mid Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

First Mid Bancshares beats Blue Foundry Bancorp on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.