Bank OZK (OZK) Competitors

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

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 3.3%. 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 raised 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OZK or BSBR?

Banco Santander (Brasil) received 101 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.44% 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 275 55.44%	Underperform Votes 221 44.56%

Does the media refer more to OZK or BSBR?

In the previous week, Bank OZK and Bank OZK both had 7 articles in the media. Banco Santander (Brasil)'s average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Bank OZK's score of 0.60 indicating that Banco Santander (Brasil) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank OZK	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander (Brasil)	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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 preferable valuation and earnings, 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	7.52
Banco Santander (Brasil)	$49.01B	0.41	$1.89B	$0.81	6.73

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OZK or BSBR?

86.2% of Bank OZK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer OZK or BSBR?

Bank OZK presently has a consensus target price of $50.86, indicating a potential upside of 10.93%. Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus target price of $5.35, indicating a potential downside of 1.92%. Given Bank OZK's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bank OZK is more favorable than Banco Santander (Brasil).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank OZK	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Banco Santander (Brasil)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, OZK or BSBR?

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

Summary

Bank OZK beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.