COFS vs. BFC, TRIN, PFC, ML, AMAL, CNOB, AMTB, BHRB, FMBH, and PGY
Should you be buying ChoiceOne Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ChoiceOne Financial Services include Bank First (BFC), Trinity Capital (TRIN), Premier Financial (PFC), MoneyLion (ML), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), Amerant Bancorp (AMTB), Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), and Pagaya Technologies (PGY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ChoiceOne Financial Services vs.
ChoiceOne Financial Services (NASDAQ:COFS) and Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Bank First has higher revenue and earnings than ChoiceOne Financial Services. ChoiceOne 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.
ChoiceOne Financial Services has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank First has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank First has a net margin of 29.00% compared to ChoiceOne Financial Services' net margin of 19.21%. ChoiceOne Financial Services' return on equity of 12.44% beat Bank First's return on equity.
ChoiceOne Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.67%. Bank First has a consensus price target of $104.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.57%. Given ChoiceOne Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ChoiceOne Financial Services is more favorable than Bank First.
In the previous week, Bank First had 1 more articles in the media than ChoiceOne Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bank First and 3 mentions for ChoiceOne Financial Services. Bank First's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat ChoiceOne Financial Services' score of 1.63 indicating that Bank First is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
19.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of Bank First shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of ChoiceOne Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Bank First shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank First received 10 more outperform votes than ChoiceOne Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave ChoiceOne Financial Services an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote.
ChoiceOne Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Bank First pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ChoiceOne Financial Services pays out 34.4% 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. ChoiceOne Financial Services has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. ChoiceOne Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Bank First beats ChoiceOne Financial Services on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:COFS) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
