How to buy BancFirst Corporation stock | $63.45

BancFirst Corporation is a banks-regional business based in the US. BancFirst Corporation shares (BANF) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. BancFirst Corporation employs 1,948 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$379.3 million.

How to buy shares in BancFirst Corporation

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for BancFirst Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BANF. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until BancFirst Corporation reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$63.45, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of BancFirst Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of BancFirst Corporation. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

BancFirst Corporation share price

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BancFirst Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$63.45
52-week range	USD$25.3208 - USD$62.289
50-day moving average	USD$55.7956
200-day moving average	USD$45.5904
Wall St. target price	USD$52
PE ratio	19.2995
Dividend yield	USD$1.36 (2.34%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$3.012

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BancFirst Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $63.45 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-08)	1.55%
1 month (2020-12-16)	9.40%
3 months (2020-10-16)	44.80%
6 months (2020-07-16)	61.25%

1 year (2020-01-16)	63.45
2 years (2019-01-16)	20.54%
3 years (2018-01-16)	17.07%
5 years (2016-01-15)	17.39%

Is BancFirst Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing BancFirst Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of BancFirst Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

BancFirst Corporation's P/E ratio

BancFirst Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, BancFirst Corporation shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

BancFirst Corporation's PEG ratio

BancFirst Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.08. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into BancFirst Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

BancFirst Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$379.3 million
Operating margin TTM	32.64%
Gross profit TTM	USD$410.9 million
Return on assets TTM	1.11%
Return on equity TTM	9.86%
Profit margin	26.29%
Book value	$31.939
Market capitalisation	USD$1.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting BancFirst Corporation shares

There are currently 1.1 million BancFirst Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as BancFirst Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 2.9% up from 1.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting BancFirst Corporation shares can be evaluated.

BancFirst Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

BancFirst Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of BancFirst Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of BancFirst Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 94039.447236181). BancFirst Corporation's SIR currently stands at 11.94. In other words for every 100,000 BancFirst Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 11940 shares are currently held short.

However BancFirst Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of BancFirst Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable BancFirst Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case BancFirst Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 BancFirst Corporation shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0682% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable BancFirst Corporation shares, roughly 68 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 10% would generally be considered pretty high, pointing to a potentially pessimistic outlook for the share price and a discouraging interest in betting against BancFirst Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short BancFirst Corporation stock.

BancFirst Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 43.85% of net profits

Recently BancFirst Corporation has paid out, on average, around 43.85% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.34% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), BancFirst Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 2.34% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In BancFirst Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $1.36 per share.

While BancFirst Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that BancFirst Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

BancFirst Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 15 January 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have BancFirst Corporation's shares ever split?

BancFirst Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 1 August 2017. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your BancFirst Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for BancFirst Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted BancFirst Corporation's share price.

BancFirst Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, BancFirst Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $25.3208 up to $62.289. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while BancFirst Corporation's is 1.4173. This would suggest that BancFirst Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

BancFirst Corporation overview

BancFirst Corporation operates as the bank holding company for BancFirst that provides a range of commercial banking services to retail customers, and small to medium-sized businesses. It operates through Metropolitan Banks, Community Banks, Pegasus Bank, and Other Financial Services segments. The company offers checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, sweep accounts, club accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit, as well as overdraft protection and auto draft services. It also provides commercial, financial, and other loans for working capital, facilities acquisition or expansion, purchase of equipment, and other needs; construction, farmland, one-to-four family residence, multifamily residential property, and commercial real estate loans; and loans to finance purchases of consumer goods, such as automobiles, boats, household goods, vacations, and education. In addition, the company engages in the investment management and administration of trusts for individuals, corporations, and employee benefit plans, as well as bond trustee and paying agent business for various Oklahoma municipalities and governmental entities; and provision of item processing, research, and other correspondent banking services. Further, it is involved in real estate investment and insurance agency services; and providing funds transfer, collection, safe deposit box, cash management, retail brokerage, and other services for individual and corporate customers. The company serves customers in non-metropolitan trade centers and cities in the metropolitan statistical areas of Oklahoma. It operates through 108 banking locations in Oklahoma and 3 banking locations in Dallas, Texas. The company was formerly known as United Community Corporation and changed its name to BancFirst Corporation in November 1988. BancFirst Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of BancFirst Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 42.14% of BancFirst Corporation shares are held by insiders and 45.277% by institutions.

• How many people work for BancFirst Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 1,948 work at BancFirst Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for BancFirst Corporation?

  BancFirst Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is BancFirst Corporation based?

  BancFirst Corporation's address is: 101 North Broadway, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, 73102

• What is BancFirst Corporation's ISIN number?

  BancFirst Corporation's international securities identification number is: US05945F1030

• What is BancFirst Corporation's CUSIP number?

  BancFirst Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 05945F103