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BFC vs. IFS, ASB, BBAR, AX, EBC, UCB, AVAL, FHB, BUR, and AUB

Should you be buying Bank First stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank First include Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Associated Banc (ASB), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Axos Financial (AX), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), First Hawaiian (FHB), Burford Capital (BUR), and Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bank First vs.

Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) and Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

30.0% of Bank First shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bank First 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.

Intercorp Financial Services has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank First has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Intercorp Financial Services had 5 more articles in the media than Bank First. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Intercorp Financial Services and 3 mentions for Bank First. Intercorp Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Bank First's score of 0.69 indicating that Intercorp Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intercorp Financial Services
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank First
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Intercorp Financial Services received 27 more outperform votes than Bank First when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.16% of users gave Intercorp Financial Services an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Intercorp Financial ServicesOutperform Votes
41
56.16%
Underperform Votes
32
43.84%
Bank FirstOutperform Votes
14
45.16%
Underperform Votes
17
54.84%

Intercorp Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.74%. Bank First has a consensus target price of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.31%. Given Bank First's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank First is more favorable than Intercorp Financial Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intercorp Financial Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bank First
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Bank First has a net margin of 29.00% compared to Intercorp Financial Services' net margin of 21.03%. Intercorp Financial Services' return on equity of 12.38% beat Bank First's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intercorp Financial Services21.03% 12.38% 1.38%
Bank First 29.00%10.53%1.56%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intercorp Financial Services$6.54B0.56$346.47M$3.0210.65
Bank First$154.64M6.21$65.56M$6.5014.77

Intercorp Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bank First pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Intercorp Financial Services pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank First pays out 27.7% 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.

Summary

Intercorp Financial Services beats Bank First on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BFC vs. The Competition

MetricBank FirstNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.02B$20.75B$11.02B$7.50B
Dividend Yield1.77%3.50%5.41%4.04%
P/E Ratio14.7711.6621.9918.08
Price / Sales6.212.6825.2686.83
Price / Cash15.7811.1617.6234.64
Price / Book1.611.092.663.99
Net Income$65.56M$2.17B$1.03B$247.18M
7 Day Performance-5.08%-5.20%-2.53%-4.25%
1 Month Performance-7.16%-7.44%496.68%-6.87%
1 Year Performance16.28%11.46%533.49%-3.73%

Bank First Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BFC
Bank First
1.571 of 5 stars
$96.02
-5.5%
$104.00
+8.3%
+16.1%$1.02B$154.64M14.77330Gap Down
IFS
Intercorp Financial Services
3.8942 of 5 stars
$33.16
-1.0%
$30.00
-9.5%
+34.8%$3.79B$6.54B10.987,380Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
ASB
Associated Banc
4.916 of 5 stars
$22.55
+0.7%
$27.11
+20.2%
-4.0%$3.73B$1.03B28.544,000Positive News
Gap Down
BBAR
Banco BBVA Argentina
4.7888 of 5 stars
$18.12
-3.3%
$27.00
+49.0%
+103.4%$3.70B$3.56T9.435,850Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
AX
Axos Financial
3.8126 of 5 stars
$64.64
+1.7%
$84.17
+30.2%
+16.9%$3.69B$1.20B8.691,340Positive News
Gap Down
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.823 of 5 stars
$16.40
+0.5%
$20.25
+23.5%
+14.4%$3.49B$731.51M24.482,150Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
UCB
United Community Banks
4.3212 of 5 stars
$28.15
+1.2%
$33.00
+17.2%
N/A$3.36B$930.04M13.803,070Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
AVAL
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
3.0132 of 5 stars
$2.74
+0.7%
N/A+16.0%$3.25B$16.02T16.1274,036Dividend Increase
FHB
First Hawaiian
4.169 of 5 stars
$24.44
+0.6%
$29.00
+18.7%
+6.6%$3.08B$774.71M13.652,000News Coverage
Positive News
BUR
Burford Capital
4.0728 of 5 stars
$13.23
-1.8%
$19.50
+47.4%
-20.1%$2.90B$341.23M11.40140
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
4.6552 of 5 stars
$31.06
+1.2%
$43.20
+39.1%
-17.3%$2.80B$817.42M13.561,880News Coverage
Gap Down
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