First US Bancshares (FUSB) Competitors

First US Bancshares (NASDAQ:FUSB) and BayFirst Financial (NASDAQ:BAFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FUSB or BAFN?

18.7% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.2% of First US Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FUSB or BAFN more profitable?

First US Bancshares has a net margin of 15.10% compared to BayFirst Financial's net margin of 4.82%. First US Bancshares' return on equity of 9.74% beat BayFirst Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First US Bancshares	15.10%	9.74%	0.80%
BayFirst Financial	4.82%	7.15%	0.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FUSB or BAFN?

First US Bancshares received 76 more outperform votes than BayFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First US Bancshares	Outperform Votes 76 57.14%	Underperform Votes 57 42.86%
BayFirst Financial	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, FUSB or BAFN?

First US Bancshares has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayFirst Financial has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FUSB or BAFN a better dividend stock?

First US Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BayFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. First US Bancshares pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BayFirst Financial pays out 27.8% 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.

Do analysts rate FUSB or BAFN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First US Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
BayFirst Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FUSB or BAFN?

First US Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BayFirst Financial. First US Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BayFirst Financial, 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
First US Bancshares	$56.19M	1.03	$8.48M	$1.33	7.51
BayFirst Financial	$118.27M	0.45	$5.70M	$1.15	11.17

Does the media prefer FUSB or BAFN?

In the previous week, First US Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than BayFirst Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First US Bancshares and 0 mentions for BayFirst Financial. BayFirst Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat First US Bancshares' score of -0.33 indicating that BayFirst Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First US Bancshares	Neutral
BayFirst Financial	Neutral

Summary

First US Bancshares beats BayFirst Financial on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.