Blue Foundry Bancorp (BLFY) Competitors

BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) and Blue Foundry Bancorp (NASDAQ:BLFY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend FUFU or BLFY?

BitFuFu presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.40%. Blue Foundry Bancorp has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.21%. Given BitFuFu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BitFuFu is more favorable than Blue Foundry Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BitFuFu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Blue Foundry Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUFU or BLFY?

BitFuFu received 2 more outperform votes than Blue Foundry Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave BitFuFu an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Blue Foundry Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BitFuFu	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Blue Foundry Bancorp	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 12 100.00%

Does the media refer more to FUFU or BLFY?

In the previous week, Blue Foundry Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than BitFuFu. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Blue Foundry Bancorp and 4 mentions for BitFuFu. BitFuFu's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's score of 0.65 indicating that BitFuFu is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BitFuFu	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Foundry Bancorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FUFU or BLFY?

BitFuFu has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Foundry Bancorp has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FUFU or BLFY more profitable?

BitFuFu has a net margin of 8.17% compared to Blue Foundry Bancorp's net margin of -14.14%. BitFuFu's return on equity of 40.15% beat Blue Foundry Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BitFuFu	8.17%	40.15%	13.55%
Blue Foundry Bancorp	-14.14%	-3.50%	-0.59%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FUFU or BLFY?

BitFuFu has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Foundry Bancorp.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BitFuFu	$284.11M	2.97	$10.49M	N/A	N/A
Blue Foundry Bancorp	$80.91M	2.65	-$7.40M	-$0.56	-16.80

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FUFU or BLFY?

37.3% of BitFuFu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Blue Foundry Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BitFuFu beats Blue Foundry Bancorp on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.