Bank OZK (OZK) Competitors

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) and Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend OZK or BSBR?

Bank OZK presently has a consensus target price of $49.13, indicating a potential upside of 7.26%. Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus target price of $5.35, indicating a potential upside of 1.23%. Given Bank OZK's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bank OZK is more favorable than Banco Santander (Brasil).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank OZK	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Banco Santander (Brasil)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is OZK or BSBR a better dividend stock?

Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bank OZK pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays out 22.2% 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. Bank OZK has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Bank OZK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OZK or BSBR?

86.2% of Bank OZK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OZK or BSBR?

Banco Santander (Brasil) received 99 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.26% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote while only 44.62% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank OZK	Outperform Votes 174 44.62%	Underperform Votes 216 55.38%
Banco Santander (Brasil)	Outperform Votes 273 55.26%	Underperform Votes 221 44.74%

Does the media refer more to OZK or BSBR?

In the previous week, Bank OZK had 12 more articles in the media than Banco Santander (Brasil). MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bank OZK and 0 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil). Bank OZK's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Bank OZK is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bank OZK	Positive
Banco Santander (Brasil)	Neutral

Is OZK or BSBR more profitable?

Bank OZK has a net margin of 25.83% compared to Banco Santander (Brasil)'s net margin of 0.00%. Bank OZK's return on equity of 13.90% beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank OZK	25.83%	13.90%	1.93%
Banco Santander (Brasil)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, OZK or BSBR?

Bank OZK has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, OZK or BSBR?

Banco Santander (Brasil) has higher revenue and earnings than Bank OZK. Banco Santander (Brasil) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank OZK, 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
Bank OZK	$1.66B	3.13	$716.46M	$6.10	7.51
Banco Santander (Brasil)	$49.01B	0.40	$1.89B	$0.81	6.52

Summary

Bank OZK beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.