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$9.36 +0.48 (+5.41%)
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BLFY vs. BUSE, CNOB, FCBC, FFBC, FMBH, MOFG, OBK, PPBI, TCBK, and TOWN

Should you be buying Blue Foundry Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Foundry Bancorp include First Busey (BUSE), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), First Community Bancshares (FCBC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), MidWestOne Financial Group (MOFG), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), and Towne Bank (TOWN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Blue Foundry Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Blue Foundry Bancorp (NASDAQ:BLFY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Busey$663.36M3.25$113.69M$1.1221.58
Blue Foundry Bancorp$87.25M2.31-$11.91M-$0.55-17.02

First Busey presently has a consensus target price of $27.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.40%. Blue Foundry Bancorp has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.84%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than Blue Foundry Bancorp.

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

First Busey has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Foundry Bancorp has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Busey has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Blue Foundry Bancorp's net margin of -12.49%. First Busey's return on equity of 8.76% beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey9.48% 8.76% 1.04%
Blue Foundry Bancorp -12.49%-3.45%-0.55%

In the previous week, First Busey had 9 more articles in the media than Blue Foundry Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Busey and 0 mentions for Blue Foundry Bancorp. First Busey's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's score of 1.00 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
First Busey Very Positive
Blue Foundry Bancorp Positive

Summary

First Busey beats Blue Foundry Bancorp on 14 of the 16 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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BLFY vs. The Competition

MetricBlue Foundry BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$201.20M$926.52M$12.61B$9.78B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%5.44%4.05%
P/E Ratio-17.0216.5819.4126.05
Price / Sales2.312.2126.24117.77
Price / CashN/A49.8122.1959.36
Price / Book0.631.142.356.60
Net Income-$11.91M$53.90M$1.01B$265.65M
7 Day Performance4.93%4.27%1.74%2.01%
1 Month Performance2.74%2.12%1.03%-0.33%
1 Year Performance-13.33%14.40%537.36%19.04%

Blue Foundry Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLFY
Blue Foundry Bancorp
1.1469 of 5 stars
$9.36
+5.4%
$10.00
+6.8%
-8.9%$201.20M$87.25M-17.02180Positive News
BUSE
First Busey
4.971 of 5 stars
$23.19
-0.2%
$27.17
+17.1%
-6.9%$2.07B$663.36M20.711,548News Coverage
CNOB
ConnectOne Bancorp
4.6144 of 5 stars
$24.08
+1.0%
$30.25
+25.6%
+8.1%$916.74M$534.62M27.68520Positive News
FCBC
First Community Bancshares
2.6225 of 5 stars
$36.43
+1.1%
N/A-7.8%$660.26M$155.52M13.34630News Coverage
Negative News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5248 of 5 stars
$24.68
+0.1%
$29.00
+17.5%
+4.2%$2.36B$852.23M9.872,090News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.1651 of 5 stars
$37.71
+0.4%
$43.33
+14.9%
+5.0%$901.57M$330.72M10.711,198Positive News
MOFG
MidWestOne Financial Group
3.0107 of 5 stars
$28.67
+0.6%
$34.17
+19.2%
+10.6%$590.34M$206.03M-7.06730Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.0074 of 5 stars
$36.88
+0.9%
$43.20
+17.1%
+23.4%$1.14B$347.73M14.991,010News Coverage
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6521 of 5 stars
$23.24
+0.5%
$27.50
+18.3%
-0.8%$2.24B$905.41M16.371,325News Coverage
Positive News
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
2.5885 of 5 stars
$42.82
+0.6%
$47.60
+11.2%
+4.9%$1.39B$394.54M12.591,201Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.5374 of 5 stars
$36.90
+0.4%
$40.67
+10.2%
+12.9%$2.76B$1.03B16.042,720News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:BLFY) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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