Both in Banking & Credit

Five Star Bancorp vs Business First Bancshares

Over the past year FSBC returned +27.8% and BFST returned +30.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.79.

FSBC +27.8% BFST +30.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFSBCBFST
Price$44.83$32.26
Market cap$1.10B$1.04B
Today−1.10%−1.41%
1 month+3.2%+4.5%
6 months+9.8%+17.5%
Year to date+25.3%+23.4%
1 year+26.2%+31.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+18.9%+8.0%
Gross margin64.6%65.8%
Net margin26.1%16.3%
P/E (TTM)15.3×11.9×
Price / sales4.0×1.9×
Net cash$718.7M$1.23B
Dividend yield2.23%1.86%
Volatility (60d)17.9%15.7%
Short % of float6.7%3.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).