Both in Banking & Credit

Business First Bancshares vs Equity Bancshares

Over the past year BFST returned +29.7% and EQBK returned +16.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.78.

BFST +29.7% EQBK +16.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBFSTEQBK
Price$31.46$48.34
Market cap$1.02B$996.3M
Today−1.29%−0.39%
1 month+3.5%+1.9%
6 months+16.8%+6.7%
Year to date+20.4%+8.3%
1 year+29.7%+16.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.0%+40.0%
Gross margin65.8%70.7%
Net margin16.3%22.8%
P/E (TTM)11.6×27.8×
Price / sales1.9×2.6×
Net cash$1.23B$1.34B
Dividend yield1.91%1.82%
Volatility (60d)14.6%15.2%
Short % of float3.8%3.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).