GGAL vs. BCH, WF, IREN, COOP, CIB, BSAC, ALLY, SSB, UWMC, and BLSH
Should you be buying Grupo Financiero Galicia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grupo Financiero Galicia include Banco De Chile (BCH), Woori Bank (WF), IREN (IREN), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Grupo Cibest (CIB), Banco Santander Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), SouthState Bank (SSB), UWM (UWMC), and Bullish (BLSH). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Grupo Financiero Galicia vs. Its Competitors
Grupo Financiero Galicia (NASDAQ:GGAL) and Banco De Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Grupo Financiero Galicia presently has a consensus target price of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 120.50%. Banco De Chile has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.36%. Given Grupo Financiero Galicia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Grupo Financiero Galicia is more favorable than Banco De Chile.
In the previous week, Grupo Financiero Galicia had 4 more articles in the media than Banco De Chile. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Grupo Financiero Galicia and 5 mentions for Banco De Chile. Grupo Financiero Galicia's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Banco De Chile's score of 0.53 indicating that Grupo Financiero Galicia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grupo Financiero Galicia pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Banco De Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Grupo Financiero Galicia pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco De Chile pays out 55.9% 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.
Grupo Financiero Galicia has higher revenue and earnings than Banco De Chile. Grupo Financiero Galicia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco De Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Grupo Financiero Galicia has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco De Chile has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco De Chile has a net margin of 32.62% compared to Grupo Financiero Galicia's net margin of 8.89%. Banco De Chile's return on equity of 23.00% beat Grupo Financiero Galicia's return on equity.
1.2% of Banco De Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco De Chile shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Grupo Financiero Galicia beats Banco De Chile on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GGAL) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
