BFST vs. RIOT, INTR, ENVA, PRK, CLSK, AUB, BFH, LU, FINV, and CORZ
Should you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include Riot Platforms (RIOT), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Enova International (ENVA), Park National (PRK), CleanSpark (CLSK), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Bread Financial (BFH), Lufax (LU), FinVolution Group (FINV), and Core Scientific (CORZ). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Business First Bancshares vs.
Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) and Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Riot Platforms has a net margin of 16.67% compared to Business First Bancshares' net margin of 14.19%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 11.88% beat Riot Platforms' return on equity.
40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Business First Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Riot Platforms. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riot Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.6, indicating that its stock price is 360% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Riot Platforms received 399 more outperform votes than Business First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.61% of users gave Riot Platforms an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote.
Riot Platforms presently has a consensus target price of $17.18, indicating a potential upside of 165.97%. Business First Bancshares has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.58%. Given Riot Platforms' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than Business First Bancshares.
In the previous week, Business First Bancshares had 8 more articles in the media than Riot Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Business First Bancshares and 2 mentions for Riot Platforms. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Riot Platforms' score of 0.35 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Riot Platforms beats Business First Bancshares on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BFST) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
