Banco De Chile (BCH) Competitors

NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) and Banco De Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, NWG or BCH?

NatWest Group has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco De Chile has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NWG or BCH?

1.3% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco De Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco De Chile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NWG or BCH?

NatWest Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco De Chile. NatWest Group 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
NatWest Group	$36.57B	1.44	$6.14B	$1.49	8.75
Banco De Chile	$4.21B	3.61	$1.37B	$2.86	10.53

Do analysts prefer NWG or BCH?

Banco De Chile has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.63%. Given Banco De Chile's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banco De Chile is more favorable than NatWest Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NatWest Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Banco De Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to NWG or BCH?

In the previous week, NatWest Group had 2 more articles in the media than Banco De Chile. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NatWest Group and 2 mentions for Banco De Chile. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Banco De Chile's score of 0.19 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NatWest Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco De Chile	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NWG or BCH more profitable?

Banco De Chile has a net margin of 32.80% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 0.00%. Banco De Chile's return on equity of 23.64% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NatWest Group	N/A	12.33%	0.69%
Banco De Chile	32.80%	23.64%	2.55%

Is NWG or BCH a better dividend stock?

NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Banco De Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. NatWest Group pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco De Chile pays out 54.9% 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. NatWest Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

NatWest Group beats Banco De Chile on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.