BancFirst (BANF) Competitors

Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) and BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Is FULT or BANF more profitable?

BancFirst has a net margin of 23.52% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 16.37%. BancFirst's return on equity of 13.92% beat Fulton Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fulton Financial	16.37%	11.33%	1.05%
BancFirst	23.52%	13.92%	1.64%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FULT or BANF?

Fulton Financial received 50 more outperform votes than BancFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.40% of users gave BancFirst an outperform vote while only 45.69% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fulton Financial	Outperform Votes 270 45.69%	Underperform Votes 321 54.31%
BancFirst	Outperform Votes 220 53.40%	Underperform Votes 192 46.60%

Do analysts recommend FULT or BANF?

Fulton Financial currently has a consensus price target of $18.83, suggesting a potential downside of 10.95%. BancFirst has a consensus price target of $102.50, suggesting a potential downside of 15.83%. Given Fulton Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fulton Financial is more favorable than BancFirst.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fulton Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
BancFirst	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FULT or BANF?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fulton Financial	$1.50B	2.56	$284.28M	$1.58	13.39
BancFirst	$809.34M	4.99	$212.46M	$6.22	19.58

Which has more risk & volatility, FULT or BANF?

Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BancFirst has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FULT or BANF?

In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 1 more articles in the media than BancFirst. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Fulton Financial and 7 mentions for BancFirst. Fulton Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat BancFirst's score of 0.68 indicating that Fulton Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fulton Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BancFirst	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FULT or BANF a better dividend stock?

Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. BancFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Fulton Financial pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BancFirst pays out 29.6% 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. BancFirst has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FULT or BANF?

72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of BancFirst shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Fulton Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of BancFirst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BancFirst beats Fulton Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.