
Fundamental analysis: BayFirst Financial Corp. (BAFN)
Awarener score: 7.4
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (could not be estimated), the business stability (Bottom) and growth (Superb), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Very good).
Note: All scores range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best). Conclusions are updated daily with closing stock prices and new reported quarterly financial statements.
Revenue score: 5.5
- Business has been growing at an extremely fast pace. It's been top tier when measured against peer companies.
- BayFirst Financial Corp. business varies wildly, ups and downs could be very frequent. It's very risky. It looks bottom tier against rivals.
Margins score: 7.2
- BAFN profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually destitute. They stand bottom tier against rival companies.
- Business profit on sales tends to be extremely poor. It's last-in-rank when measured against competitors.
- Profits on sales made -available to repay debt and purchase properties- are usually huge. They remain impressive in relation to peers.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be huge in relation to total revenues. They're still top-notch against similar companies.
- Profits -before income taxes- are usually huge considering total sales, and remain top tier when measured against rivals.
- Total net profit tends to be huge when confronted to sales. Company stands top tier when measured against comparable firms.
Growth score: 4.3
- BayFirst Financial Corp. has an unknown gross margin growth, as there is not enough data to analyze. It's been impossible to compare to competitors.
- In recent years, the firm hasn't always been able to profit from operations, which has been bottom tier against comparable firms.
- Profits -available to repay debt and purchase properties- have been growing at a very good pace, which compares great when measured against peer enterprises.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- have been growing at a good tempo. It turns to be in good shape compared to similar stocks.
- In past years, profits -before income taxes- grew at a very good speed. It was better than most rivals.
- In the previous years, the firm had at least a total net loss, and last-in-rank when measured against peer companies.
- The company lost money at least once in the past years. It's been a disappointment compared to industry peers.
Miscellaneous score: 4.0
- BAFN had to pay substantial income taxes in relation to profits made in the past years. It's been somewhat worse than peers.
- The company does not report R&D expenses. It's meaningless to measure in relation to competitors.
- We have insufficient data to estimate how effective is research and development effort. It stands unknown against rival companies.
Profitability score: 7.8
- BayFirst Financial Corp. usually gets sufficient returns on the resources it controls. It proves great when measured against peer firms.
- The company normally gets huge proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain impressive in relation to similar companies.
- There's usually excellent profitability -in relation to owned resources-. It ranks great when measured against competitors.
- In the past, got sufficient returns -on the tangible resources it controls-. This metric is usually related to the industry in which operates and combines profitability versus reinvestment needs. It's great when measured against comparable enterprises.
Usage of Funds score: 8.7
- BAFN usually uses a slight portion of genuine funds generated to buy or replace property, plant, or equipment. The need for reinvestments is light. It stands great when measured against rival firms.
- The company is usually somewhat investing in new property, plant, and equipment, to improve its operating capabilities, which is encouraging in relation to industry peers.
- In the past twelve months it paid good dividends, considering the current stock price. It came slightly better than competitors.
- Has significantly increased dividend payments in the past years. Business prospects probably have improved. The company has behaved excellent in relation to similar firms.
- Dividend payments usually represent a non-significant portion of genuine funds generation and are likely very safe. Sustainability looks better than most comparable companies.
- The company usually significantly reduces the pool of investors, resulting in fewer mouths feeding on the pie of profits. It remains impressive in relation to peer enterprises.
- We are not sure on the effectiveness of the company when repurchasing shares, as there were not enough numbers to crunch. It stands unidentified against rivals.
- The company uses a non-significant portion of genuine fund generation to reward investors. The company is usually improving its financial position, and could greatly boost stockholder rewards if it wished so. It still looks great when measured against competitors.
Balance Sheet score: 7.5
- BayFirst Financial Corp. intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) represent a small portion of resources controlled, according to accounting books. It isn't that a significant risk of liquidating them if the company ever gets in financial distress. It happens to be almost average when measured against peer companies.
- The company has plenty short-term resources to face short-term obligations. There're no liquidity concerns. It turns to be rather normal in relation to similar firms.
- Very few resources controlled were provided for with financial debt. Financial strength is very solid. Company could increase debt if it wished so, to reinvest in business, to buy a smaller company or to reward stockholders. It remains slightly better than rival firms.
- Controlled resources might be only very slowly turned into cash and equivalents, which is riskier. It looks below average when measured against rivals.
- For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has plenty of dollars in cash and short-term receivables. It's rather normal in relation to peer firms.
- For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has plenty of dollars in cash and equivalents, which is slightly better than similar enterprises.
- Usually, sales are on less than a month credit. It still ranks encouraging in relation to peers.
- Days of inventory outstanding are not known. It comes up as a big question mark against competitors.
- We could not gauge the normal operating cycle of the company. It happens to be a mystery against peers.
- Unfortunately, we had not enough data to estimate the days of payables outstanding. It ranks unknown against industry peers.
- Cash conversion cycle remains unknown, due to not having enough inputs. It's incomparable against similar companies.
- Company earns net interest income on its investments and therefore is in a quite comfortable financial position. It stands top-notch against rival firms.
- Business earnings have usually been very good when measured against loans taken. Cutting back reinvesting in the business, it could take less than two years to repay the obligations with current profitability. It ranks more than average in relation to comparable enterprises.
- Revenues are somewhat low in relation to property, plant, and equipment required to operate. This metric is likely dependent on the industry the company operates in. The more property, plant, and equipment used, the more the company must reinvest to fight obsolescence, which usually means less available funds for the shareholders in the long run. It looks in a weak position compared to similar firms.
- Resource exploitation is very low when yearly sales are considered, business volume must be greatly increased. This metric is normally tied to the industry where the firm belongs. It's still top-notch against peer companies.
Valuation score: 6.0
- BayFirst Financial Corp. reported losses, so valuating it in relation to earnings is meaningless. It happens to be last-in-rank when measured against competitors.
- Price-to-Tangible-Book-Value is a fairly complex metric. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It remains excellent in relation to peers.
- There is insufficient information on the genuine funds generation capability showed in the past twelve months, which stands as an incognita in relation to similar companies.
- Unfortunately, lack of enough yearly data impaired our ability to estimate the normal earnings power. It's still an unknown variable to measure against industry firms.
- In the past twelve months, the company has slightly rewarded investors, considering both dividends and share on the pie of earnings. It came up rather normal in relation to peer ventures.
- We are unsure on the relationship between net financial position and market capitalization of the stock. It looks we will not be able to reach a conclusion regarding similar enterprises.
- Considering the past twelve months, traditional Price-to-Earnings relation has been negative, as the company lost money. It ranks last-in-rank when measured against peer companies.
- Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a not far from one-to-one relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks impressive in relation to rival firms.
- The stock price is at or below the accounting book value. Unless profitability is really low, the stock may be selling a t a discount. Pay attention to the other key indicators for hints. The company remains better than most peer firms.
- We could not gauge an alternative metric of earnings power of the past twelve months. It happens to be an interesting metric to relate to industry peers.
- An alternate metric on the usual genuine-funds generation ability could not be provided. It's still unknown against peer companies.
Total score: 6.4

Company at a glance: BayFirst Financial Corp. (BAFN)
Sector, industry: Financial Services, Banks—Regional
Market Cap: 0.06 billions
Revenues TTM: 0.08 billions
BayFirst Financial Corp. operates as the bank holding company for First Home Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking services for businesses and individuals. The company offers checking and savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also provides home loans, including residential mortgages, home equity loans, and home equity lines of credit; and business lending services comprising minority lending programs, PPP loan forgiveness services, SBA loans, and commercial lending services. In addition, the company offers treasury management, merchant, online, and investment services; and credit cards. As of January 26, 2022, it operated seven full-service office locations in St. Petersburg, Seminole, Pinellas Park, Clearwater, Sarasota, Tampa, and Belleair Bluffs, Florida; and 23 mortgage loan production offices. The company was formerly known as First Home Bancorp, Inc. and changed its name to BayFirst Financial Corp. in May 2021. BayFirst Financial Corp. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Awarener score: 7.4
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (could not be estimated), the business stability (Bottom) and growth (Superb), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Very good).