GLBZ vs. BAFN, CIZN, BMTX, SI, FRBK, BBDO, BBD, NBN, VBFC, and ITUB
Should you be buying Glen Burnie Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glen Burnie Bancorp include BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Citizens (CIZN), BM Technologies (BMTX), Silvergate Capital (SI), Republic First Bancorp (FRBK), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Banco Bradesco (BBD), Northeast Bank (NBN), Village Bank and Trust Financial (VBFC), and Itaú Unibanco (ITUB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Glen Burnie Bancorp (NASDAQ:GLBZ) 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, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
9.8% of Glen Burnie Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of Glen Burnie Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Glen Burnie Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. BayFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Glen Burnie Bancorp pays out 114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BayFirst Financial pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Glen Burnie Bancorp has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayFirst Financial has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BayFirst Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Glen Burnie Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BayFirst Financial and 4 mentions for Glen Burnie Bancorp. BayFirst Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Glen Burnie Bancorp's score of 0.96 indicating that BayFirst Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BayFirst Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Glen Burnie Bancorp. BayFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glen Burnie Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Glen Burnie Bancorp has a net margin of 6.86% compared to BayFirst Financial's net margin of 4.52%. BayFirst Financial's return on equity of 7.09% beat Glen Burnie Bancorp's return on equity.
Glen Burnie Bancorp received 121 more outperform votes than BayFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
BayFirst Financial beats Glen Burnie Bancorp on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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