BRBS vs. BAFN, BOTJ, CIZN, FUSB, PBHC, AUBN, UBCP, BMTX, GLBZ, and SI
Should you be buying Blue Ridge Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blue Ridge Bankshares include BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Citizens (CIZN), First US Bancshares (FUSB), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Auburn National Bancorporation (AUBN), United Bancorp (UBCP), BM Technologies (BMTX), Glen Burnie Bancorp (GLBZ), and Silvergate Capital (SI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Blue Ridge Bankshares (NASDAQ:BRBS) and BayFirst Financial (NASDAQ:BAFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
BayFirst Financial has a net margin of 4.82% compared to Blue Ridge Bankshares' net margin of -33.12%. BayFirst Financial's return on equity of 7.15% beat Blue Ridge Bankshares' return on equity.
50.5% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Blue Ridge Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Blue Ridge Bankshares has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayFirst Financial has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BayFirst Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue Ridge Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BayFirst Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Blue Ridge Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BayFirst Financial'saverage media sentiment score.
Blue Ridge Bankshares received 2 more outperform votes than BayFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
BayFirst Financial beats Blue Ridge Bankshares on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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