Preferred Bank (PFBC) Competitors

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ:PFBC) and BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, PFBC or BANF?

Preferred Bank has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BancFirst has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PFBC or BANF?

Preferred Bank received 110 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Preferred Bank an outperform vote while only 52.63% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Preferred Bank	Outperform Votes 330 66.13%	Underperform Votes 169 33.87%
BancFirst	Outperform Votes 220 52.63%	Underperform Votes 198 47.37%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PFBC or BANF?

BancFirst has higher revenue and earnings than Preferred Bank. Preferred Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BancFirst, 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
Preferred Bank	$283.96M	4.11	$130.66M	$9.42	8.58
BancFirst	$645.29M	6.11	$216.35M	$6.61	17.94

Do analysts prefer PFBC or BANF?

Preferred Bank currently has a consensus price target of $92.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.20%. BancFirst has a consensus price target of $113.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.41%. Given Preferred Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Preferred Bank is more favorable than BancFirst.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Preferred Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
BancFirst	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Is PFBC or BANF a better dividend stock?

Preferred Bank pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Preferred Bank pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BancFirst 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. BancFirst has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer PFBC or BANF?

In the previous week, Preferred Bank had 20 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Preferred Bank and 14 mentions for BancFirst. BancFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Preferred Bank's score of 0.31 indicating that BancFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Preferred Bank	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BancFirst	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PFBC or BANF?

72.8% of Preferred Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of BancFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.4% of BancFirst 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.

Is PFBC or BANF more profitable?

Preferred Bank has a net margin of 25.00% compared to BancFirst's net margin of 23.52%. Preferred Bank's return on equity of 17.80% beat BancFirst's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Preferred Bank	25.00%	17.80%	1.91%
BancFirst	23.52%	14.21%	1.68%

Summary

Preferred Bank beats BancFirst on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.