Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL) Competitors

Banco De Chile (NYSE:BCH) and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is BCH or AVAL a better dividend stock?

Banco De Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Banco De Chile pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays out 32.3% 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 volatility and risk, BCH or AVAL?

Banco De Chile has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BCH or AVAL?

1.2% of Banco De Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco De Chile shares are held by 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.

Does the media refer more to BCH or AVAL?

In the previous week, Banco De Chile had 2 more articles in the media than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Banco De Chile and 3 mentions for Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. Banco De Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' score of 0.49 indicating that Banco De Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco De Chile	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BCH or AVAL?

Banco De Chile has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco De Chile, 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
Banco De Chile	$3.01T	0.01	$1.37B	$2.81	10.83
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	$17.06T	0.00	$203.02M	$0.31	10.55

Do analysts rate BCH or AVAL?

Banco De Chile currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 24.41%. Given Banco De Chile's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banco De Chile is more favorable than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco De Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BCH or AVAL more profitable?

Banco De Chile has a net margin of 32.62% compared to Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' net margin of 4.49%. Banco De Chile's return on equity of 23.00% beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco De Chile	32.62%	23.00%	2.51%
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	4.49%	2.61%	0.26%

Summary

Banco De Chile beats Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.