Head to head
Business First Bancshares vs Mizuho Financial
Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: BFST · MFG
BFST
Business First Bancshares
30.50+0.18%
1-year price shape — +31% over the period
Quant Rating C · 56/100
vs
MFG
Mizuho Financial
10.63-1.35%
1-year price shape — +72% over the period
Quant Rating B · 88/100
1-year performance, rebased to 100
Mizuho Financial edges it on the scoreable measures. Mizuho Financial has the highest Quant Rating (88); Mizuho Financial has done best over the past year (+72%).
| BFST | MFG | |
|---|---|---|
| Snapshot | ||
| Sector | Banks - Regional | -- |
| Last price | 30.50 | 10.63 |
| Change today | +0.18% | -1.35% |
| 1-year return | +31.4% | +71.6% |
| Market cap | $992.61M | $129.28B |
| 52-week range | 22.08 – 32.37 | 6.06 – 11.49 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E (TTM) | 10.85 | 16.71 |
| P/E percentile, own 5-yr range | 84th | 93rd |
| P/B | 1.06 | 1.81 |
| Dividend yield | 1.93% | 1.64% |
| Profitability & growth | ||
| EPS (TTM) | 2.79 | 0.64 |
| Net profit (TTM) | $90.81M | $7.74B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $344.00M | $4.54T |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +16.5% | +35.7% |
| Gross margin | -- | -- |
| Operating margin | -- | -- |
| Net margin | 25.5% | 30.4% |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | $103.24M | $737.37B |
| Ownership & sentiment | ||
| Institutional ownership | 58.8% | 46.2% |
| Insider activity (12mo) | 29 buy / 21 sell | 47 buy / 3 sell |
| Short interest (% of float) | 3.4% | 0.1% |
| Analyst consensus | 100% buy (2) | 100% buy (1) |
| Analyst price target | $36 (+18%) | -- |
| StockVane view | ||
| StockVane Quant Rating | C (56) | B (88) |
| Company | ||
| Employees | 842 | 52,427 |
| Founded | 2006 | 1864 |
▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.