BLX vs. NTB, PGC, ESQ, ITCLY, AVAL, PFBC, CSWC, CMTG, MFA, and UMH
Should you be buying Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. include Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Banco Itau Chile Spon (ITCLY), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), MFA Financial (MFA), and UMH Properties (UMH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (NYSE:BLX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son received 27 more outperform votes than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.03% of users gave Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son an outperform vote while only 53.65% of users gave Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. an outperform vote.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son presently has a consensus price target of $35.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.31%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a consensus price target of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.73%. Given Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is more favorable than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a net margin of 27.95% compared to Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's net margin of 23.58%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s return on equity of 23.18% beat Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's return on equity.
62.7% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. had 4 more articles in the media than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. and 0 mentions for Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's score of 0.13 indicating that Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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