EBC vs. BSAC, ALLY, CIB, WF, GGAL, COOP, UWMC, QFIN, OMF, and CADE
Should you be buying Eastern Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Bankshares include Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Bancolombia (CIB), Woori Financial Group (WF), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), UWM (UWMC), Qifu Technology (QFIN), OneMain (OMF), and Cadence Bank (CADE). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Eastern Bankshares vs. Its Competitors
Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) and Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Banco Santander-Chile received 232 more outperform votes than Eastern Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.75% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote while only 52.00% of users gave Eastern Bankshares an outperform vote.
Banco Santander-Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Eastern Bankshares. Eastern Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander-Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eastern Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.31%. Banco Santander-Chile has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.27%. Given Eastern Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.
Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Eastern Bankshares pays out -80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 43.2% 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. Eastern Bankshares has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Eastern Bankshares and Eastern Bankshares both had 2 articles in the media. Eastern Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of -0.33 indicating that Eastern Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Santander-Chile has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Eastern Bankshares' net margin of 11.07%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.
71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Eastern Bankshares beats Banco Santander-Chile on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:EBC) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
