Banco Bradesco (BBDO) Competitors

Banco Bradesco (NYSE:BBDO) and ICICI Bank (NYSE:IBN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BBDO or IBN?

ICICI Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICICI Bank, 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 Bradesco	$37.55B	0.78	$3.20B	$0.35	7.89
ICICI Bank	$22.68B	5.04	$6.02B	$1.62	19.78

Is BBDO or IBN a better dividend stock?

Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. ICICI Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Banco Bradesco pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICICI Bank pays out 13.0% 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. Banco Bradesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BBDO or IBN?

In the previous week, Banco Bradesco had 1 more articles in the media than ICICI Bank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Banco Bradesco and 1 mentions for ICICI Bank. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat ICICI Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Bradesco	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ICICI Bank	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BBDO or IBN more profitable?

ICICI Bank has a net margin of 24.81% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 9.76%. ICICI Bank's return on equity of 15.40% beat Banco Bradesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Bradesco	9.76%	12.96%	1.07%
ICICI Bank	24.81%	15.40%	1.90%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BBDO or IBN?

18.2% of ICICI Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Banco Bradesco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BBDO or IBN?

Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICICI Bank has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ICICI Bank beats Banco Bradesco on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.