Burke & Herbert Financial Services (BHRB) Competitors

Burke & Herbert Financial Services (NASDAQ:BHRB) and BBVA Banco Frances (NYSE:BBAR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is BHRB or BBAR more profitable?

Burke & Herbert Financial Services has a net margin of 12.02% compared to BBVA Banco Frances' net margin of 8.31%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services' return on equity of 15.20% beat BBVA Banco Frances' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burke & Herbert Financial Services	12.02%	15.20%	1.40%
BBVA Banco Frances	8.31%	13.53%	2.54%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BHRB or BBAR?

BBVA Banco Frances has higher revenue and earnings than Burke & Herbert Financial Services. BBVA Banco Frances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burke & Herbert Financial Services, 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
Burke & Herbert Financial Services	$402.33M	2.40	$35.71M	$3.51	18.36
BBVA Banco Frances	$4.86B	0.69	$396.45M	$1.71	9.58

Do analysts prefer BHRB or BBAR?

Burke & Herbert Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.28%. BBVA Banco Frances has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.28%. Given BBVA Banco Frances' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BBVA Banco Frances is more favorable than Burke & Herbert Financial Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burke & Herbert Financial Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BBVA Banco Frances	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is BHRB or BBAR a better dividend stock?

Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. BBVA Banco Frances pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Burke & Herbert Financial Services pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BBVA Banco Frances pays out 57.3% 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. Burke & Herbert Financial Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BBVA Banco Frances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor BHRB or BBAR?

In the previous week, BBVA Banco Frances had 1 more articles in the media than Burke & Herbert Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BBVA Banco Frances and 4 mentions for Burke & Herbert Financial Services. BBVA Banco Frances' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Burke & Herbert Financial Services' score of 0.54 indicating that BBVA Banco Frances is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Burke & Herbert Financial Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BBVA Banco Frances	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BHRB or BBAR?

Burke & Herbert Financial Services has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BBVA Banco Frances has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Burke & Herbert Financial Services beats BBVA Banco Frances on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.