Both in Banking & Credit

Business First Bancshares vs Southside Bancshares

Over the past year BFST returned +31.0% and SBSI returned +23.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.73.

BFST +31.0% SBSI +23.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBFSTSBSI
Price$32.34$35.26
Market cap$1.05B$1.05B
Today−1.16%−0.51%
1 month+4.8%+15.9%
6 months+17.8%+6.1%
Year to date+23.7%+16.0%
1 year+31.9%+25.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.0%+34.1%
Gross margin65.8%61.4%
Net margin16.3%23.2%
P/E (TTM)11.9×10.6×
Price / sales1.9×2.3×
Net cash$1.23B$2.31B
Dividend yield1.86%4.20%
Volatility (60d)15.6%20.7%
Short % of float3.8%3.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).