CIB vs. WF, BSAC, BCH, BAP, ITCL, BSBR, KB, EGP, SF, and WBS
Should you be buying Bancolombia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bancolombia include Woori Financial Group (WF), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Banco de Chile (BCH), Credicorp (BAP), Banco Itaú Chile (ITCL), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), KB Financial Group (KB), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Stifel Financial (SF), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bancolombia (NYSE:CIB) and Woori Financial Group (NYSE:WF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
17.8% of Woori Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bancolombia presently has a consensus target price of $31.90, indicating a potential downside of 2.80%. Given Bancolombia's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bancolombia is more favorable than Woori Financial Group.
Bancolombia pays an annual dividend of $3.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Woori Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Bancolombia pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woori Financial Group pays out 62.7% 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.
Bancolombia received 50 more outperform votes than Woori Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.42% of users gave Woori Financial Group an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave Bancolombia an outperform vote.
Bancolombia has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woori Financial Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Woori Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bancolombia. Woori Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bancolombia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Woori Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Bancolombia. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Woori Financial Group and 2 mentions for Bancolombia. Bancolombia's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Woori Financial Group's score of -0.33 indicating that Bancolombia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bancolombia has a net margin of 13.51% compared to Woori Financial Group's net margin of 10.81%. Bancolombia's return on equity of 18.46% beat Woori Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Bancolombia and Woori Financial Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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