BayFirst Financial vs Business First Bancshares
BAFN and BFST side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BAFN and BFST compare
Business First Bancshares is the larger company, worth 6.3 times as much as BayFirst Financial ($1.1B against $166M).
Business First Bancshares pays a dividend yielding 2.3%; BayFirst Financial does not pay one.
Business First Bancshares scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 3 for BayFirst Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BAFN | BFST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $166M | $1.1B |
| Share price | $6.16 | $32.27 |
| Change, 1 year | −25.3% | 28.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −76.3% | 15.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.39 | 0.77 |
| Employees | 145 | 842 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 11.4× |
| P/S | – | 90.9× |
| P/B | 1.6× | 1.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 1.8× | – |
| PEG | – | 1.80 |
| FCF yield | 56.8% | – |
| Fair value | – | $32.38 |
| Margin of safety | – | 0.34% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | – | 4.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −13.6% | 14.8% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 20.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 12.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 11.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | – | 805% |
| Return on equity | −44.5% | 10.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.06 | 0.14 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 2.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 19.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 9 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −9.8% | 7.3% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 2.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 2.2% | 58.0% |
| Held by insiders | 61.9% | 5.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$7.1M |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.3% | 3.5% |
Go deeper
- BAFN stock overview
- BAFN income statement
- BAFN valuation and score
- BFST stock overview
- BFST income statement
- BFST valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.