BAP vs. LYG, CM, BCS, NWG, KB, BSBR, BSAC, WF, INTR, and AVAL
Should you be buying Credicorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Credicorp include Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Barclays (BCS), NatWest Group (NWG), KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) and Credicorp (NYSE:BAP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Credicorp. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Credicorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lloyds Banking Group received 608 more outperform votes than Credicorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave Credicorp an outperform vote.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credicorp has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Credicorp has a net margin of 19.95% compared to Credicorp's net margin of 13.41%. Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity of 15.33% beat Credicorp's return on equity.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Credicorp pays an annual dividend of $9.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 47.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Credicorp pays out 55.1% 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. Lloyds Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Credicorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Credicorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 15 more articles in the media than Credicorp. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 3 mentions for Credicorp. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Credicorp's score of 0.31 indicating that Credicorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lloyds Banking Group presently has a consensus target price of $49.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1,497.90%. Credicorp has a consensus target price of $181.73, suggesting a potential upside of 6.83%. Given Credicorp's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Credicorp.
Summary
Lloyds Banking Group beats Credicorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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