Associated Banc (ASB) Competitors

Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) and Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Do analysts recommend ASB or BCH?

Associated Banc currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.52%. Banco de Chile has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.02%. Given Associated Banc's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Associated Banc is more favorable than Banco de Chile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Associated Banc	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Banco de Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ASB or BCH?

83.0% of Associated Banc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Associated Banc 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ASB or BCH?

Associated Banc has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ASB or BCH a better dividend stock?

Associated Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Associated Banc pays out 107.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Banco de Chile pays out 54.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Associated Banc has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Banco de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is ASB or BCH more profitable?

Banco de Chile has a net margin of 29.47% compared to Associated Banc's net margin of 5.15%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 21.37% beat Associated Banc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Associated Banc	5.15%	8.24%	0.82%
Banco de Chile	29.47%	21.37%	2.16%

Does the media refer more to ASB or BCH?

In the previous week, Banco de Chile had 4 more articles in the media than Associated Banc. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Banco de Chile and 4 mentions for Associated Banc. Associated Banc's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Banco de Chile's score of 0.69 indicating that Associated Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Associated Banc	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco de Chile	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, ASB or BCH?

Banco de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Associated Banc. Banco de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Banc, 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
Associated Banc	$1.05B	3.75	$123.14M	$0.86	27.60
Banco de Chile	$3.04T	0.01	$1.33B	$2.86	10.87

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASB or BCH?

Banco de Chile received 29 more outperform votes than Associated Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.26% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote while only 47.55% of users gave Associated Banc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Associated Banc	Outperform Votes 243 47.55%	Underperform Votes 268 52.45%
Banco de Chile	Outperform Votes 272 57.26%	Underperform Votes 203 42.74%

Summary

Banco de Chile beats Associated Banc on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.