BFST vs. CLSK, PRK, LU, BFH, ENVA, FINV, NTB, PPBI, FBK, and IREN
Should you be buying Business First Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Business First Bancshares include CleanSpark (CLSK), Park National (PRK), Lufax (LU), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), FinVolution Group (FINV), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), FB Financial (FBK), and Iris Energy (IREN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Business First Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) and Cleanspark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
47.3% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Cleanspark shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Business First Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Cleanspark shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Cleanspark had 3 more articles in the media than Business First Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cleanspark and 1 mentions for Business First Bancshares. Cleanspark's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Business First Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Cleanspark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Business First Bancshares currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.98%. Cleanspark has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 137.29%. Given Cleanspark's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cleanspark is more favorable than Business First Bancshares.
Business First Bancshares has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Cleanspark's net margin of -35.43%. Business First Bancshares' return on equity of 11.49% beat Cleanspark's return on equity.
Business First Bancshares has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleanspark has a beta of 4.24, meaning that its share price is 324% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Business First Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cleanspark. Cleanspark 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.
Cleanspark received 14 more outperform votes than Business First Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.44% of users gave Cleanspark an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Business First Bancshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Cleanspark beats Business First Bancshares on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:BFST) was last updated on 6/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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