Dave (DAVE) Competitors

Dave (NASDAQ:DAVE) and Bancolombia (NYSE:CIB) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do analysts rate DAVE or CIB?

Dave presently has a consensus price target of $212.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.78%. Bancolombia has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.96%. Given Dave's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dave is more favorable than Bancolombia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dave	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Bancolombia	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DAVE or CIB?

Bancolombia has higher revenue and earnings than Dave. Bancolombia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dave, 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
Dave	$381.43M	7.80	-$48.52M	$3.63	61.43
Bancolombia	$27.99T	0.00	$1.22B	$6.24	6.72

Which has more risk and volatility, DAVE or CIB?

Dave has a beta of 3.93, indicating that its stock price is 293% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancolombia has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DAVE or CIB more profitable?

Bancolombia has a net margin of 14.14% compared to Dave's net margin of 12.92%. Dave's return on equity of 17.16% beat Bancolombia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dave	12.92%	17.16%	8.38%
Bancolombia	14.14%	14.61%	1.69%

Does the media favor DAVE or CIB?

In the previous week, Dave had 45 more articles in the media than Bancolombia. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Dave and 4 mentions for Bancolombia. Dave's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Bancolombia's score of 0.09 indicating that Dave is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dave	10 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bancolombia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DAVE or CIB?

Bancolombia received 123 more outperform votes than Dave when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.23% of users gave Bancolombia an outperform vote while only 52.93% of users gave Dave an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dave	Outperform Votes 199 52.93%	Underperform Votes 177 47.07%
Bancolombia	Outperform Votes 322 58.23%	Underperform Votes 231 41.77%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DAVE or CIB?

18.0% of Dave shares are held by institutional investors. 28.5% of Dave shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dave beats Bancolombia on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.