Carroll Bancorp - CROL Competitors

Bank First National (OTCMKTS:BFNC) and Carroll Bancorp (OTCMKTS:CROL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BFNC or CROL?

10.8% of Bank First National shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Bank First National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend BFNC or CROL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank First National	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Carroll Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BFNC or CROL?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank First National	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.30	58.05
Carroll Bancorp	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BFNC or CROL?

Bank First National received 10 more outperform votes than Carroll Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Bank First National an outperform vote while only 50.56% of users gave Carroll Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank First National	Outperform Votes 55 66.27%	Underperform Votes 28 33.73%
Carroll Bancorp	Outperform Votes 45 50.56%	Underperform Votes 44 49.44%

Does the media favor BFNC or CROL?

In the previous week, Bank First National had 53 more articles in the media than Carroll Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Bank First National and 1 mentions for Carroll Bancorp. Carroll Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Bank First National's score of -0.10 indicating that Carroll Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank First National	4 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	10 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Carroll Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BFNC or CROL more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank First National	N/A	N/A	N/A
Carroll Bancorp	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Bank First National beats Carroll Bancorp on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.