BCH vs. BBAR, BMA, CIB, BAP, GGAL, SUPV, IFS, SSBI, NTB, and RY
Should you be buying Banco de Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco de Chile include Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco Macro (BMA), Bancolombia (CIB), Credicorp (BAP), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Summit State Bank (SSBI), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), and Royal Bank of Canada (RY). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) and Banco BBVA Argentina (NYSE:BBAR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Banco BBVA Argentina pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Banco de Chile pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco BBVA Argentina pays out 63.3% 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.
In the previous week, Banco de Chile had 1 more articles in the media than Banco BBVA Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Banco de Chile and 3 mentions for Banco BBVA Argentina. Banco BBVA Argentina's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Banco de Chile's score of 0.17 indicating that Banco BBVA Argentina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco de Chile has a net margin of 29.41% compared to Banco BBVA Argentina's net margin of 4.00%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 23.65% beat Banco BBVA Argentina's return on equity.
Banco de Chile presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.21%. Given Banco de Chile's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Banco de Chile is more favorable than Banco BBVA Argentina.
Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco BBVA Argentina has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco de Chile has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco BBVA Argentina. Banco BBVA Argentina 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.
Banco BBVA Argentina received 89 more outperform votes than Banco de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave Banco BBVA Argentina an outperform vote while only 57.87% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote.
Summary
Banco de Chile beats Banco BBVA Argentina on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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