CFB vs. CLSK, BFH, ENVA, PRK, IBTX, PPBI, FBK, IREN, INTR, and LU
Should you be buying CrossFirst Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CrossFirst Bankshares include CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), Park National (PRK), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), FB Financial (FBK), Iris Energy (IREN), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), and Lufax (LU). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
CrossFirst Bankshares vs.
CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and CrossFirst Bankshares (NASDAQ:CFB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
CleanSpark has a net margin of 16.07% compared to CrossFirst Bankshares' net margin of 15.18%. CrossFirst Bankshares' return on equity of 11.06% beat CleanSpark's return on equity.
43.1% of CleanSpark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of CleanSpark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of CrossFirst Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CleanSpark has a beta of 4.24, indicating that its stock price is 324% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrossFirst Bankshares has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CleanSpark received 113 more outperform votes than CrossFirst Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.68% of users gave CleanSpark an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave CrossFirst Bankshares an outperform vote.
CrossFirst Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than CleanSpark. CrossFirst Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CleanSpark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CleanSpark had 12 more articles in the media than CrossFirst Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CleanSpark and 3 mentions for CrossFirst Bankshares. CrossFirst Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat CleanSpark's score of 0.48 indicating that CrossFirst Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CleanSpark currently has a consensus price target of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 140.67%. CrossFirst Bankshares has a consensus price target of $19.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.79%. Given CleanSpark's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CleanSpark is more favorable than CrossFirst Bankshares.
Summary
CleanSpark beats CrossFirst Bankshares on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CFB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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