VBNK vs. BLX, PGC, ESQ, BBAR, BCH, BMA, CIB, BAP, SUPV, and IFS
Should you be buying VersaBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VersaBank include Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco de Chile (BCH), Banco Macro (BMA), Bancolombia (CIB), Credicorp (BAP), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), and Intercorp Financial Services (IFS). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
VersaBank (NASDAQ:VBNK) and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (NYSE:BLX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. received 268 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.74% of users gave Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has higher revenue and earnings than VersaBank. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VersaBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VersaBank presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.87%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a consensus price target of $40.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.27%. Given Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is more favorable than VersaBank.
In the previous week, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. had 9 more articles in the media than VersaBank. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. and 6 mentions for VersaBank. VersaBank's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s score of 0.34 indicating that VersaBank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VersaBank pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. VersaBank pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays out 40.5% 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.
56.9% of VersaBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of VersaBank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
VersaBank has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a net margin of 23.87% compared to VersaBank's net margin of 17.02%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s return on equity of 16.12% beat VersaBank's return on equity.
Summary
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. beats VersaBank on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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