UCB vs. BCH, WF, ALLY, CIB, COOP, BSAC, SSB, CHYM, UWMC, and BLSH
Should you be buying United Community Banks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Community Banks include Banco De Chile (BCH), Woori Bank (WF), Ally Financial (ALLY), BanColombia (CIB), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Banco Santander Chile (BSAC), SouthState (SSB), Chime Financial (CHYM), UWM (UWMC), and Bullish (BLSH). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
United Community Banks vs. Its Competitors
United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCB) and Banco De Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
United Community Banks has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco De Chile has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco De Chile has higher revenue and earnings than United Community Banks. Banco De Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.3% of United Community Banks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco De Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of United Community Banks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Banco De Chile shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, United Community Banks had 7 more articles in the media than Banco De Chile. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for United Community Banks and 3 mentions for Banco De Chile. Banco De Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat United Community Banks' score of 1.60 indicating that Banco De Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Community Banks presently has a consensus target price of $34.57, suggesting a potential upside of 3.36%. Banco De Chile has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 22.75%. Given United Community Banks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe United Community Banks is more favorable than Banco De Chile.
United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Banco De Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. United Community Banks pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco De Chile pays out 55.9% 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.
Banco De Chile has a net margin of 32.62% compared to United Community Banks' net margin of 16.48%. Banco De Chile's return on equity of 23.00% beat United Community Banks' return on equity.
Summary
United Community Banks and Banco De Chile tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UCB) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
