Inter & Co. Inc. (INTR) Competitors

Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) and Inter & Co. Inc. (NASDAQ:INTR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Is ALLY or INTR a better dividend stock?

Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Inter & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ally Financial pays out 77.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Inter & Co. Inc. pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ALLY or INTR?

Ally Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Inter & Co. Inc.. Inter & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ally 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
Ally Financial	$8.18B	1.46	$668M	$1.54	25.27
Inter & Co. Inc.	$1.31B	2.74	$168.18M	$0.45	18.18

Do analysts rate ALLY or INTR?

Ally Financial presently has a consensus price target of $42.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.00%. Inter & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $6.77, suggesting a potential downside of 17.28%. Given Ally Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ally Financial is more favorable than Inter & Co. Inc..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ally Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Inter & Co. Inc.	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is ALLY or INTR more profitable?

Inter & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 12.55% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 7.64%. Inter & Co. Inc.'s return on equity of 11.85% beat Ally Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ally Financial	7.64%	9.48%	0.59%
Inter & Co. Inc.	12.55%	11.85%	1.38%

Does the media refer more to ALLY or INTR?

In the previous week, Ally Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Inter & Co. Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ally Financial and 12 mentions for Inter & Co. Inc.. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Inter & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.71 indicating that Ally Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ally Financial	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Inter & Co. Inc.	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ALLY or INTR?

88.8% of Ally Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.9% of Inter & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ALLY or INTR?

Ally Financial has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inter & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ally Financial beats Inter & Co. Inc. on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.