Banco de Chile (BCH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Banco de Chile in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BCH shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BCH, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Banco de Chile's stock. Their BCH share price targets range from $21.00 to $24.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $22.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price.
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Banco de Chile's stock was trading at $23.08 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BCH shares have decreased by 4.9% and is now trading at $21.95.
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Banco de Chile saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 357,000 shares, a drop of 16.8% from the March 15th total of 429,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 180,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 26th 2024.
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Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 29th. The bank reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.15. The bank had revenue of $987.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $872.49 million. Banco de Chile had a net margin of 28.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.45%.

Banco de Chile announced a Variable dividend on Monday, February 5th. Investors of record on Friday, March 22nd will be paid a dividend of $1.09 per share on Friday, April 5th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 21st.
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Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.73%. BCH has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 41.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BCH will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.48% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Banco de Chile shares split on Friday, November 23rd 2018. The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, October 23rd 2018. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 21st 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

9 employees have rated Banco de Chile Chief Executive Officer Arturo Tagle Quiroz on Glassdoor.com. Arturo Tagle Quiroz has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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