BLFY vs. FRST, CZNC, FMAO, BSRR, SHBI, FBMS, FMBH, BHRB, AMTB, and CNOB
Should you be buying Blue Foundry Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Foundry Bancorp include Primis Financial (FRST), Citizens & Northern (CZNC), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMAO), Sierra Bancorp (BSRR), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), First Bancshares (FBMS), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), and ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blue Foundry Bancorp (NASDAQ:BLFY) and Primis Financial (NASDAQ:FRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Primis Financial has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Blue Foundry Bancorp's net margin of -11.29%. Primis Financial's return on equity of 5.90% beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Blue Foundry Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Primis Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Blue Foundry Bancorp and 5 mentions for Primis Financial. Primis Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's score of 0.65 indicating that Primis Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blue Foundry Bancorp has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primis Financial has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Blue Foundry Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $10.13, suggesting a potential downside of 11.18%. Given Blue Foundry Bancorp's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Blue Foundry Bancorp is more favorable than Primis Financial.
Primis Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Foundry Bancorp. Blue Foundry Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primis Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
56.5% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Primis Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Primis Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Primis Financial received 6 more outperform votes than Blue Foundry Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 37.50% of users gave Primis Financial an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Blue Foundry Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Primis Financial beats Blue Foundry Bancorp on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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