BFC vs. FULT, BANF, WSFS, CBU, WAFD, PRK, SFNC, BANC, FFBC, and FRME
Should you be buying Bank First stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank First include Fulton Financial (FULT), BancFirst (BANF), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Community Bank System (CBU), WaFd (WAFD), Park National (PRK), Simmons First National (SFNC), Banc of California (BANC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Bank First presently has a consensus target price of $93.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.89%. Fulton Financial has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.50%. Given Bank First's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank First is more favorable than Fulton Financial.
Bank First pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Bank First pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 42.2% 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.
In the previous week, Bank First had 3 more articles in the media than Fulton Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bank First and 3 mentions for Fulton Financial. Fulton Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Bank First's score of 0.43 indicating that Fulton Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank First has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 18.31%. Fulton Financial's return on equity of 11.73% beat Bank First's return on equity.
30.0% of Bank First shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bank First shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fulton Financial received 256 more outperform votes than Bank First when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.28% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.
Bank First has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Bank First. Fulton Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank First, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bank First and Fulton Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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