United Community Banks (UCB) Competitors $27.92 +0.31 (+1.11%) Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$27.85 -0.07 (-0.24%) As of 05/1/2025 04:08 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock UCB vs. BSAC, ALLY, CIB, GGAL, WF, COOP, UWMC, QFIN, OMF, and BMAShould you be buying United Community Banks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Community Banks include Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Bancolombia (CIB), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Woori Financial Group (WF), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), UWM (UWMC), Qifu Technology (QFIN), OneMain (OMF), and Banco Macro (BMA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. United Community Banks vs. Banco Santander-Chile Ally Financial Bancolombia Grupo Financiero Galicia Woori Financial Group Mr. Cooper Group UWM Qifu Technology OneMain Banco Macro Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) and United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability. Do analysts prefer BSAC or UCB? Banco Santander-Chile currently has a consensus target price of $22.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.56%. United Community Banks has a consensus target price of $33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 18.72%. Given United Community Banks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United Community Banks is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Banco Santander-Chile 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00United Community Banks 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57 Is BSAC or UCB more profitable? Banco Santander-Chile has a net margin of 19.16% compared to United Community Banks' net margin of 16.48%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat United Community Banks' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Banco Santander-Chile19.16% 19.15% 1.18% United Community Banks 16.48%8.64%1.04% Does the media prefer BSAC or UCB? In the previous week, United Community Banks had 17 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for United Community Banks and 10 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. United Community Banks' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of 0.81 indicating that United Community Banks is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Banco Santander-Chile 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive United Community Banks 13 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BSAC or UCB? Banco Santander-Chile received 254 more outperform votes than United Community Banks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.97% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave United Community Banks an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBanco Santander-ChileOutperform Votes25853.97% Underperform Votes22046.03% United Community BanksOutperform Votes440.00% Underperform Votes660.00% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BSAC or UCB? 6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of United Community Banks shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of United Community Banks shares are held by company 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. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BSAC or UCB? Banco Santander-Chile has higher revenue and earnings than United Community Banks. Banco Santander-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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBanco Santander-Chile$2.83T0.00$883.95M$1.9412.06United Community Banks$938.98M3.55$252.40M$2.1113.23 Is BSAC or UCB a better dividend stock? Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Community Banks pays out 45.5% 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. Which has more risk & volatility, BSAC or UCB? Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Community Banks has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryUnited Community Banks beats Banco Santander-Chile on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get United Community Banks News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for UCB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.Skip Chart UCB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricUnited Community BanksState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$3.33B$3.08B$11.11B$7.93BDividend Yield3.52%3.86%5.77%4.22%P/E Ratio13.6823.5922.1018.54Price / Sales3.553.0126.31103.30Price / Cash13.0110.6317.6034.62Price / Book1.001.162.674.25Net Income$252.40M$372.21M$1.03B$248.18M7 Day Performance2.54%1.21%0.72%1.03%1 Month Performance-0.09%-1.21%-0.58%2.70%1 Year PerformanceN/A16.16%537.58%4.05% United Community Banks Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)UCBUnited Community Banks4.2578 of 5 stars$27.92+1.1%$33.14+18.7%N/A$3.33B$938.98M13.683,070Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsBSACBanco Santander-Chile2.9097 of 5 stars$24.34-0.7%$21.33-12.4%+30.7%$11.47B$2.83T12.559,990Earnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeALLYAlly Financial4.9936 of 5 stars$33.22+0.9%$41.69+25.5%-16.1%$10.20B$8.48B12.7811,600Insider TradePositive NewsCIBBancolombia1.5433 of 5 stars$40.63-4.0%$39.25-3.4%+23.3%$9.77B$27.89T6.4533,100Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeGGALGrupo Financiero Galicia3.0933 of 5 stars$62.26-1.8%$59.00-5.2%+81.3%$9.18B$7.27T9.1712,012Positive NewsWFWoori Financial Group3.546 of 5 stars$35.54-0.9%N/A+18.5%$8.80B$12.62T4.62150Short Interest ↑News CoverageCOOPMr. Cooper Group4.6994 of 5 stars$115.26-1.3%$131.14+13.8%+54.3%$7.37B$3.02B11.326,600Options VolumePositive NewsUWMCUWM3.2861 of 5 stars$4.57+2.7%$7.21+57.9%-26.2%$7.30B$1.42B-19.878,000Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsQFINQifu Technology4.3386 of 5 stars$40.49-1.1%$45.10+11.4%+117.4%$6.38B$14.04B8.202,199Short Interest ↓Positive NewsGap DownOMFOneMain4.9227 of 5 stars$49.29+1.0%$58.17+18.0%-6.3%$5.88B$4.54B11.639,200Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionBMABanco Macro2.6701 of 5 stars$91.57-2.4%$54.50-40.5%+55.7%$5.85B$4.52T8.038,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Banco Santander-Chile Competitors Ally Financial Competitors Bancolombia Competitors Grupo Financiero Galicia Competitors Woori Financial Group Competitors Mr. Cooper Group Competitors UWM Competitors Qifu Technology Competitors OneMain Competitors Banco Macro Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:UCB) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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