Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB) Competitors

Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) and Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AUB or BCH?

Banco de Chile received 246 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.41% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 57.26% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic Union Bankshares	Outperform Votes 26 63.41%	Underperform Votes 15 36.59%
Banco de Chile	Outperform Votes 272 57.26%	Underperform Votes 203 42.74%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AUB or BCH?

Banco de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. Banco de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atlantic Union Bankshares	$857.44M	5.36	$209.13M	$2.19	14.73
Banco de Chile	$3.04T	0.00	$1.33B	$2.86	10.50

Do analysts rate AUB or BCH?

Atlantic Union Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.88%. Banco de Chile has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.40%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Banco de Chile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantic Union Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Banco de Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is AUB or BCH a better dividend stock?

Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco de Chile pays out 54.9% 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. Atlantic Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Banco de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to AUB or BCH?

In the previous week, Banco de Chile had 4 more articles in the media than Atlantic Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Banco de Chile and 4 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Banco de Chile's score of 0.95 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Union Bankshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Banco de Chile	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AUB or BCH?

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AUB or BCH more profitable?

Banco de Chile has a net margin of 29.47% compared to Atlantic Union Bankshares' net margin of 15.53%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 21.37% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantic Union Bankshares	15.53%	8.50%	1.06%
Banco de Chile	29.47%	21.37%	2.16%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AUB or BCH?

78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Atlantic Union Bankshares and Banco de Chile tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.