Banco de Chile Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Banco de Chile in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Banco de Chile stock.
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Banco de Chile saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 751,300 shares, an increase of 26.2% from the January 14th total of 595,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 110,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.8 days.
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Banco de Chile is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 8th. The bank reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $640.30 million for the quarter. Banco de Chile had a net margin of 19.06% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.35%.
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Banco de Chile's stock was trading at $17.26 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BCH stock has increased by 27.1% and is now trading at $21.94.
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Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.78%. The dividend payout ratio of Banco de Chile is 40.38%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Banco de Chile will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.15% next year. This indicates that Banco de Chile will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Banco de Chile split on Friday, November 23rd 2018. The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, October 23rd 2018. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 21st 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of Banco de Chile stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

3 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Banco de Chile's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Banco de Chile's share price to reach $24.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price.
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9 employees have rated Banco de Chile CEO Arturo Tagle Quiroz on Glassdoor.com. Arturo Tagle Quiroz has an approval rating of 86% among Banco de Chile's employees.

Some companies that are related to Banco de Chile include ING Groep (ING), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Crédit Agricole (CRARY), Barclays (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Oversea-Chinese Banking (OVCHY), Nordea Bank Abp (NRDBY), Hang Seng Bank (HSNGY), BOC Hong Kong (BHKLY), Dnb Asa (DNHBY), KBC Group (KBCSY), NatWest Group (NWG), NatWest Group (RBSPF) and United Overseas Bank (UOVEY).
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Banco de Chile trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BCH."

Banco de Chile's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.38%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.11%), Aperio Group LLC (0.03%), Northern Trust Corp (0.03%), BlackRock Inc. (0.03%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%).

BCH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, BlackRock Inc., and Signaturefd LLC.

BCH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Veriti Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Profund Advisors LLC, Aperio Group LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., and Wells Fargo & Company MN.

Shares of BCH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BCH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.94.

Banco de Chile has a market capitalization of $11.08 billion and generates $3.67 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $802.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.56 on an earnings per share basis.

Banco de Chile employs 13,134 workers across the globe.

The official website for Banco de Chile is www.bancochile.com.

Banco de Chile is headquartered at Paseo Ahumada 251, Paseo Ahumada 251 F3, .

Banco de Chile's mailing address is Paseo Ahumada 251, Paseo Ahumada 251 F3, . The bank can be reached via phone at 56-22637-1111 or via email at [email protected]