BFC vs. FULT, BANF, WSFS, CBU, WAFD, PRK, SFNC, BANC, FFBC, and FRME
Should you be buying Bank First stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank First include Fulton Financial (FULT), BancFirst (BANF), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Community Bank System (CBU), WaFd (WAFD), Park National (PRK), Simmons First National (SFNC), Banc of California (BANC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), and First Merchants (FRME). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Bank First (NASDAQ:BFC) and Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Fulton Financial received 256 more outperform votes than Bank First when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.28% of users gave Bank First an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave Fulton Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fulton Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Bank First. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fulton Financial and 3 mentions for Bank First. Fulton Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Bank First's score of -0.27 indicating that Fulton Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank First has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fulton Financial has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
30.0% of Bank First shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Fulton Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Bank First shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Fulton Financial 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.
Bank First pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Fulton Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Bank First pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fulton Financial pays out 42.2% 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.
Bank First currently has a consensus price target of $93.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.53%. Fulton Financial has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.89%. Given Bank First's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bank First is more favorable than Fulton Financial.
Bank First has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Fulton Financial's net margin of 18.31%. Fulton Financial's return on equity of 11.73% beat Bank First's return on equity.
Fulton Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Bank First. Fulton Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank First, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fulton Financial beats Bank First on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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