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BayFirst Financial (BAFN) Competitors

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$14.65 -1.55 (-9.57%)
Closing price 04/25/2025 03:54 PM Eastern
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BAFN vs. SWKH, ONIT, TSBK, BWFG, SNFCA, NWFL, HWBK, FDBC, RHLD, and PKBK

Should you be buying BayFirst Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BayFirst Financial include SWK (SWKH), Onity Group (ONIT), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG), Security National Financial (SNFCA), Norwood Financial (NWFL), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC), Resolute Holdings Management (RHLD), and Parke Bancorp (PKBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

BayFirst Financial vs.

BayFirst Financial (NASDAQ:BAFN) and SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

SWK received 9 more outperform votes than BayFirst Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BayFirst FinancialN/AN/A
SWKOutperform Votes
9
50.00%
Underperform Votes
9
50.00%

16.9% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of SWK shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of BayFirst Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SWK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SWK has a net margin of 26.51% compared to BayFirst Financial's net margin of 8.80%. BayFirst Financial's return on equity of 14.81% beat SWK's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BayFirst Financial8.80% 14.81% 1.05%
SWK 26.51%5.07%4.40%

In the previous week, BayFirst Financial had 1 more articles in the media than SWK. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BayFirst Financial and 3 mentions for SWK. SWK's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat BayFirst Financial's score of 0.99 indicating that SWK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BayFirst Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SWK
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

BayFirst Financial has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SWK has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SWK has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BayFirst Financial. BayFirst Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SWK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BayFirst Financial$80.46M0.75$12.60M$2.525.81
SWK$44.99M3.98$15.89M$1.1812.37

Summary

SWK beats BayFirst Financial on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BAFN vs. The Competition

MetricBayFirst FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$60.49M$3.02B$11.13B$7.80B
Dividend Yield2.34%3.98%5.90%4.30%
P/E Ratio5.8122.7722.0818.40
Price / Sales0.753.0025.98101.29
Price / Cash5.6410.6317.5934.62
Price / Book0.711.152.644.18
Net Income$12.60M$372.21M$1.03B$247.71M
7 Day Performance3.90%3.85%2.60%6.56%
1 Month Performance-22.61%-3.17%-2.21%-2.25%
1 Year Performance13.57%16.26%533.60%4.67%

BayFirst Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAFN
BayFirst Financial
3.375 of 5 stars
$14.65
-9.6%
N/A+14.5%$60.49M$80.46M5.81640Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
SWKH
SWK
2.2382 of 5 stars
$18.88
+4.6%
N/A-14.6%$231.34M$44.99M20.3040Dividend Announcement
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ONIT
Onity Group
3.9704 of 5 stars
$29.38
-2.2%
$42.50
+44.7%
N/A$231.31M$1.07B7.184,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
TSBK
Timberland Bancorp
3.0795 of 5 stars
$28.97
-2.0%
N/A+17.0%$230.49M$71.81M9.38300Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
BWFG
Bankwell Financial Group
2.0237 of 5 stars
$28.95
-1.2%
$40.00
+38.2%
+35.1%$228.39M$87M24.53140Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
SNFCA
Security National Financial
2.8905 of 5 stars
$9.14
+2.0%
N/A+46.9%$225.66M$335.45M7.441,730News Coverage
Positive News
NWFL
Norwood Financial
2.051 of 5 stars
$23.82
+3.5%
$28.17
+18.2%
+1.4%$220.65M$51.04M2,382.00260Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
HWBK
Hawthorn Bancshares
1.9015 of 5 stars
$28.47
-2.5%
N/A+59.3%$220.60M$72.91M10.91310
FDBC
Fidelity D & D Bancorp
3.6253 of 5 stars
$37.43
-3.4%
N/A-15.9%$218.67M$79.92M10.37320Earnings Report
News Coverage
RHLD
Resolute Holdings Management
N/A$24.91
-2.2%
N/AN/A$212.38M$420.57M0.00N/AGap Up
PKBK
Parke Bancorp
2.7409 of 5 stars
$17.85
+1.8%
N/A+13.8%$211.40M$63.01M7.86100

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This page (NASDAQ:BAFN) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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