Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL) Competitors

Grupo Financiero Galicia (NASDAQ:GGAL) and Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GGAL or SYF?

96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GGAL or SYF a better dividend stock?

Grupo Financiero Galicia pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Synchrony Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Grupo Financiero Galicia pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synchrony Financial pays out 16.5% 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. Synchrony Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Synchrony Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, GGAL or SYF?

Grupo Financiero Galicia has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GGAL or SYF?

Synchrony Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Grupo Financiero Galicia. Grupo Financiero Galicia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synchrony Financial, 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
Grupo Financiero Galicia	$10.79B	0.65	$1.79B	$6.79	7.04
Synchrony Financial	$22.65B	1.16	$3.50B	$7.29	9.71

Does the media favor GGAL or SYF?

In the previous week, Synchrony Financial had 25 more articles in the media than Grupo Financiero Galicia. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Synchrony Financial and 5 mentions for Grupo Financiero Galicia. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Grupo Financiero Galicia's score of 0.74 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Financiero Galicia	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Synchrony Financial	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GGAL or SYF more profitable?

Synchrony Financial has a net margin of 13.00% compared to Grupo Financiero Galicia's net margin of 12.28%. Grupo Financiero Galicia's return on equity of 29.98% beat Synchrony Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Financiero Galicia	12.28%	29.98%	5.86%
Synchrony Financial	13.00%	19.68%	2.45%

Do analysts recommend GGAL or SYF?

Grupo Financiero Galicia currently has a consensus price target of $61.20, suggesting a potential upside of 28.01%. Synchrony Financial has a consensus price target of $73.22, suggesting a potential upside of 3.42%. Given Grupo Financiero Galicia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grupo Financiero Galicia is more favorable than Synchrony Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Financiero Galicia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Synchrony Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Synchrony Financial beats Grupo Financiero Galicia on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.