Axos Financial (AX) Competitors

Axos Financial (NYSE:AX) and Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AX or BCH?

Banco de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Axos Financial. Axos Financial 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
Axos Financial	$1.21B	3.34	$450.01M	$7.34	9.78
Banco de Chile	$3.04T	0.01	$1.33B	$2.86	10.85

Do analysts prefer AX or BCH?

Axos Financial currently has a consensus price target of $81.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.53%. Banco de Chile has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 25.85%. Given Axos Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than Banco de Chile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axos Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Banco de Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AX or BCH?

83.8% of Axos Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Axos Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AX or BCH?

Banco de Chile received 167 more outperform votes than Axos Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.26% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote while only 54.12% of users gave Axos Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Axos Financial	Outperform Votes 105 54.12%	Underperform Votes 89 45.88%
Banco de Chile	Outperform Votes 272 57.26%	Underperform Votes 203 42.74%

Is AX or BCH more profitable?

Banco de Chile has a net margin of 29.47% compared to Axos Financial's net margin of 22.10%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 21.37% beat Axos Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axos Financial	22.10%	18.67%	1.89%
Banco de Chile	29.47%	21.37%	2.16%

Does the media prefer AX or BCH?

In the previous week, Axos Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Banco de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Axos Financial and 2 mentions for Banco de Chile. Banco de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Axos Financial's score of 1.41 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
Axos Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, AX or BCH?

Axos Financial has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Banco de Chile beats Axos Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.