ESQ vs. BLX, PGC, VBNK, BBAR, BCH, BMA, CIB, GGAL, SUPV, and IFS
Should you be buying Esquire Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esquire Financial include Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), VersaBank (VBNK), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco de Chile (BCH), Banco Macro (BMA), Bancolombia (CIB), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), and Intercorp Financial Services (IFS). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (NYSE:BLX) and Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Esquire Financial pays out 12.9% 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 and Esquire Financial has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esquire Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.50% compared to Esquire Financial's net margin of 23.58%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s return on equity of 20.20% beat Esquire Financial's return on equity.
19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. received 79 more outperform votes than Esquire Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.78% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote while only 53.65% of users gave Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. an outperform vote.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. currently has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.17%. Esquire Financial has a consensus target price of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.85%. Given Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Esquire Financial is more favorable than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A..
In the previous week, Esquire Financial had 17 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Esquire Financial and 4 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Esquire Financial's score of -0.05 indicating that Esquire Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Esquire Financial beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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