Onity Group (ONIT) Competitors

Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) and Onity Group (NYSE:ONIT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BFC or ONIT?

30.0% of Bank First shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Onity Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bank First shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Onity Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate BFC or ONIT?

Bank First presently has a consensus price target of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.81%. Onity Group has a consensus price target of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.52%. Given Onity Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Onity Group is more favorable than Bank First.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank First	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Onity Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BFC or ONIT?

Bank First has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Onity Group. Onity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank First, 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
Bank First	$154.64M	6.54	$65.56M	$6.50	15.56
Onity Group	$1.07B	0.23	$33.90M	$4.09	7.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BFC or ONIT?

Bank First received 9 more outperform votes than Onity Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Onity Group an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank First	Outperform Votes 14 45.16%	Underperform Votes 17 54.84%
Onity Group	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more risk & volatility, BFC or ONIT?

Bank First has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onity Group has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BFC or ONIT?

In the previous week, Bank First had 2 more articles in the media than Onity Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bank First and 2 mentions for Onity Group. Onity Group's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Bank First's score of 1.63 indicating that Onity Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank First	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Onity Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is BFC or ONIT more profitable?

Bank First has a net margin of 29.00% compared to Onity Group's net margin of 3.47%. Onity Group's return on equity of 20.50% beat Bank First's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank First	29.00%	10.53%	1.56%
Onity Group	3.47%	20.50%	0.70%

Summary

Onity Group beats Bank First on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.