Wall Street expects a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when BancFirst (BANF) reports results for the quarter ended September 2024. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company's earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.The stock might move higher if these key numbers top expectations in the upcoming earnings report. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may ...

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Momentum investing revolves around the idea of following a stock's recent trend in either direction. In the 'long' context, investors will be essentially be "buying high, but hoping to sell even higher." With this methodology, taking advantage of trends in a stock's price is key; once a stock establishes a course, it is more than likely to continue moving that way. The goal is that once a stock heads down a fixed path, it will lead to timely and profitable trades.While many investors like to look for moment ...

BancFirst (BANF) shares ended the last trading session 4% higher at $105.29. The jump came on an impressive volume with a higher-than-average number of shares changing hands in the session. This compares to the stock's 1.2% gain over the past four weeks.Prospects of the first interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve since March 2020 are turning investors bullish on bank stocks. As the rates will come down, loan demand is expected to improve. Thus, these factors drove the BANF stock higher.This Oklahoma fina ...

Walter Bibikow I didn't see much value in BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF) when I opened on this Oklahoma-based bank last year. To quickly recap, BancFirst has a nice deposit base and earns above-average returns on tangible equity ("ROTE"), but ultimately the stock was trading for 2.4x tangible book value, and that looked rich given the numerous headwinds it was facing. As it happens, these shares have actually done quite well since then, lifted by the broader rally in regional bank stocks. While the bank has un ...

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value Per Share BANF NASDAQ Global Select Market System FORM 10-Q ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commiss ...

After reaching an important support level, BancFirst Corporation (BANF) could be a good stock pick from a technical perspective. BANF recently experienced a "golden cross" event, which saw its 50-day simple moving average breaking out above its 200-day simple moving average.There's a reason traders love a golden cross -- it's a technical chart pattern that can indicate a bullish breakout is on the horizon. This kind of crossover is formed when a stock's short-term moving average breaks above a longer-term m ...

BancFirst (BANF) reported $153.84 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2024, representing a year-over-year decline of 0%. EPS of $1.51 for the same period compares to $1.64 a year ago.The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.73% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $149.75 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.42, the EPS surprise was +6.34%.While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine thei ...

BancFirst (BANF) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.51 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.42 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.64 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 6.34%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this Oklahoma financial services holding company would post earnings of $1.37 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.50, delivering a surprise of 9.49%.Over the last ...