BAFN vs. BPRN, CHMG, FINW, FXNC, OVLY, FVCB, BLFY, FUNC, LCNB, and NWFL
Should you be buying BayFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BayFirst Financial include Princeton Bancorp (BPRN), Chemung Financial (CHMG), FinWise Bancorp (FINW), First National (FXNC), Oak Valley Bancorp (OVLY), FVCBankcorp (FVCB), Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY), First United (FUNC), LCNB (LCNB), and Norwood Financial (NWFL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
BayFirst Financial vs.
Princeton Bancorp (NASDAQ:BPRN) and BayFirst Financial (NASDAQ:BAFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
BayFirst Financial has a net margin of 3.38% compared to Princeton Bancorp's net margin of 0.00%. BayFirst Financial's return on equity of 5.34% beat Princeton Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Princeton Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than BayFirst Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Princeton Bancorp and 1 mentions for BayFirst Financial. BayFirst Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Princeton Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that BayFirst Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Princeton Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.74%. Given Princeton Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Princeton Bancorp is more favorable than BayFirst Financial.
Princeton Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BayFirst Financial. BayFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Princeton Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Princeton Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BayFirst Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Princeton Bancorp pays out 68.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BayFirst Financial pays out 43.8% 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.
Princeton Bancorp received 189 more outperform votes than BayFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.
43.4% of Princeton Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of Princeton Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Princeton Bancorp has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayFirst Financial has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Princeton Bancorp beats BayFirst Financial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BAFN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
