Both in Banking & Credit

Horizon Bancorp vs Business First Bancshares

Over the past year HBNC returned +33.6% and BFST returned +30.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.81.

HBNC +33.6% BFST +30.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHBNCBFST
Price$21.01$32.26
Market cap$1.08B$1.04B
Today−0.94%−1.41%
1 month+9.2%+4.5%
6 months+13.8%+17.5%
Year to date+23.9%+23.4%
1 year+34.7%+31.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)−1.8%+8.0%
Gross margin75.1%65.8%
Net margin24.8%16.3%
P/E (TTM)—11.9×
Price / sales11.2×1.9×
Net cash$805.7M$1.23B
Dividend yield3.05%1.86%
Volatility (60d)18.1%15.7%
Short % of float5.4%3.8%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).