Banco de Chile Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Banco de Chile in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Banco de Chile stock.
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7 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Banco de Chile's shares. Their BCH stock forecasts range from $22.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Banco de Chile's stock price to reach $23.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.8% from the stock's current price.
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Banco de Chile's stock was trading at $15.71 at the start of the year. Since then, BCH stock has increased by 16.1% and is now trading at $18.24.
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Banco de Chile saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 149,500 shares, a drop of 87.7% from the May 31st total of 1,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 152,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days.
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Banco de Chile is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 4th 2022.
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Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 29th. The bank reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60 by $0.09. The bank earned $560.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $742.05 million. Banco de Chile had a net margin of 40.44% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.29%.
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Banco de Chile announced an annual dividend on Thursday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 29th will be given a dividend of $1.3307 per share on Thursday, April 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 24th. This is a positive change from Banco de Chile's previous annual dividend of $0.38.
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Banco de Chile(NYSE:BCH) pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.48%. BCH has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of Banco de Chile is 36.92%. 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 46.40% next year. This indicates that Banco de Chile will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Banco de Chile's stock split on Friday, November 23rd 2018. The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, October 23rd 2018. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes 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.

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.

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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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.32%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.12%), BlackRock Inc. (0.05%), Banco BTG Pactual S.A. (0.03%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.02%).

BCH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , JPMorgan Chase & Co., KBC Group NV, and Bank of America Corp DE.

BCH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Banco BTG Pactual S.A., Ethic Inc., TCW Group Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Whittier Trust Co., Veriti Management LLC, Investors Research Corp, and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.

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 $18.24.

Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) has a market capitalization of $9.21 billion and generates $3.33 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.79 on an earnings per share basis.

Banco de Chile employs 12,284 workers across the globe.

Banco de Chile was founded in 1893.

Banco de Chile's mailing address is Paseo Ahumada 251, Paseo Ahumada 251 F3, . The official website for Banco de Chile is www.bancochile.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (622) 637-1111 or via email at [email protected].