Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, AVAL or BCH?

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco De Chile has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AVAL or BCH?

Banco De Chile has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. Banco De Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, 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
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	$17.06T	0.00	$203.02M	$0.31	11.18
Banco De Chile	$3.01T	0.01	$1.37B	$2.81	11.06

Is AVAL or BCH 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
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	4.49%	2.61%	0.26%
Banco De Chile	32.62%	23.00%	2.51%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AVAL or BCH?

0.2% of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco De Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco De Chile shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AVAL or BCH a better dividend stock?

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banco De Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays out 35.5% 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.

Do analysts recommend AVAL or BCH?

Banco De Chile has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.02%. Given Banco De Chile's higher probable 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
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Banco De Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer AVAL or BCH?

In the previous week, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores had 1 more articles in the media than Banco De Chile. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores and 3 mentions for Banco De Chile. Banco De Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' score of 0.36 indicating that Banco De Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Banco De Chile	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Banco De Chile beats Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.