SFBS vs. BCH, SOFI, BSAC, ALLY, CIB, WF, GGAL, COOP, UWMC, and QFIN
Should you be buying ServisFirst Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServisFirst Bancshares include Banco de Chile (BCH), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Bancolombia (CIB), Woori Financial Group (WF), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), UWM (UWMC), and Qifu Technology (QFIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ServisFirst Bancshares vs. Its Competitors
ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS) and Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
Banco de Chile has a net margin of 29.47% compared to ServisFirst Bancshares' net margin of 23.16%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 21.37% beat ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity.
ServisFirst Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $87.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.90%. Banco de Chile has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.29%. Given ServisFirst Bancshares' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ServisFirst Bancshares is more favorable than Banco de Chile.
ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ServisFirst Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Banco de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares and 2 mentions for Banco de Chile. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Banco de Chile's score of 1.03 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco de Chile pays out 54.9% 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. ServisFirst Bancshares has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco de Chile received 42 more outperform votes than ServisFirst Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.64% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote while only 57.26% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote.
Banco de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than ServisFirst Bancshares. Banco de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServisFirst Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ServisFirst Bancshares beats Banco de Chile on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get ServisFirst Bancshares News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SFBS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SFBS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
ServisFirst Bancshares Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:SFBS) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Buy SFBS Stock Free SFBS Stock Alerts