BFST vs. AUB, CORZ, ENVA, FINV, BFH, LU, PRK, CLSK, INTR, and FBK
Should you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), Core Scientific (CORZ), Enova International (ENVA), FinVolution Group (FINV), Bread Financial (BFH), Lufax (LU), Park National (PRK), CleanSpark (CLSK), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), and FB Financial (FBK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Business First Bancshares vs.
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) and Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Business First Bancshares received 106 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote.
Business First Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Business First Bancshares pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 59.4% 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. Atlantic Union Bankshares has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Atlantic Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Atlantic Union Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than Business First Bancshares. Business First Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Business First Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.26%. Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus price target of $43.20, suggesting a potential upside of 39.90%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Business First Bancshares.
Atlantic Union Bankshares has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Business First Bancshares' net margin of 14.19%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 11.88% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 3 more articles in the media than Business First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 3 mentions for Business First Bancshares. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of 1.32 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
47.3% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Business First Bancshares has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atlantic Union Bankshares beats Business First Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BFST) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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