Bakkt (BKKT) Competitors

Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) and Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, BFST or BKKT?

Business First Bancshares has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bakkt has a beta of 5.47, meaning that its share price is 447% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BFST or BKKT?

Business First Bancshares received 122 more outperform votes than Bakkt when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.04% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Bakkt an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Business First Bancshares	Outperform Votes 130 58.04%	Underperform Votes 94 41.96%
Bakkt	Outperform Votes 8 40.00%	Underperform Votes 12 60.00%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BFST or BKKT?

Business First Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bakkt. Bakkt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Business First Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Business First Bancshares	$270.37M	2.68	$65.11M	$2.26	10.83
Bakkt	$3.49B	0.04	-$74.85M	-$7.93	-1.15

Do analysts rate BFST or BKKT?

Business First Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.68%. Given Business First Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Business First Bancshares is more favorable than Bakkt.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Business First Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Bakkt	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor BFST or BKKT?

In the previous week, Business First Bancshares had 2 more articles in the media than Bakkt. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Business First Bancshares and 1 mentions for Bakkt. Business First Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Bakkt's score of 0.00 indicating that Business First Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Business First Bancshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bakkt	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BFST or BKKT more profitable?

Business First Bancshares has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Bakkt's net margin of -2.84%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 11.88% beat Bakkt's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Business First Bancshares	14.19%	11.88%	1.05%
Bakkt	-2.84%	-62.65%	-5.94%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BFST or BKKT?

47.3% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Bakkt shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Bakkt shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Business First Bancshares beats Bakkt on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.