DFDV vs. BFC, GHLD, OBK, OBNK, TRIN, FSUN, ATLC, LX, OSBC, and FMBH
Should you be buying DeFi Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DeFi Development include Bank First National (BFC), Guild (GHLD), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Trinity Capital (TRIN), FirstSun Capital Bancorp (FSUN), Atlanticus (ATLC), LexinFintech (LX), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), and First Mid Bancshares (FMBH). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
DeFi Development vs. Its Competitors
DeFi Development (NASDAQ:DFDV) and Bank First National (NASDAQ:BFC) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
DeFi Development has a beta of -7.35, suggesting that its stock price is 835% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank First National has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DeFi Development currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.04%. Bank First National has a consensus target price of $133.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.01%. Given DeFi Development's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DeFi Development is more favorable than Bank First National.
Bank First National has a net margin of 29.04% compared to DeFi Development's net margin of -129.81%. Bank First National's return on equity of 10.92% beat DeFi Development's return on equity.
Bank First National has higher revenue and earnings than DeFi Development. Bank First National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DeFi Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.5% of DeFi Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of Bank First National shares are held by institutional investors. 39.6% of DeFi Development shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Bank First National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, DeFi Development had 9 more articles in the media than Bank First National. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for DeFi Development and 1 mentions for Bank First National. Bank First National's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat DeFi Development's score of 0.21 indicating that Bank First National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank First National beats DeFi Development on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DFDV) was last updated on 9/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff