BCH vs. BAP, BSAC, BSMX, KB, WF, BSBR, BCS, NWG, CM, and LYG
Should you be buying Banco de Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco de Chile include Credicorp (BAP), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Banco Santander México, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Santander México (BSMX), KB Financial Group (KB), Woori Financial Group (WF), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Barclays (BCS), NatWest Group (NWG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), and Lloyds Banking Group (LYG). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco de Chile vs.
Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) and Credicorp (NYSE:BAP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Banco de Chile currently has a consensus price target of $21.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.53%. Credicorp has a consensus price target of $153.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.91%. Given Credicorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Credicorp is more favorable than Banco de Chile.
1.0% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Credicorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Credicorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Credicorp received 34 more outperform votes than Banco de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.76% of users gave Credicorp an outperform vote while only 58.91% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote.
Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credicorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Credicorp pays an annual dividend of $6.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Banco de Chile pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Credicorp pays out 44.0% 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 de Chile has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Credicorp. Banco de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Credicorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco de Chile has a net margin of 39.84% compared to Credicorp's net margin of 23.23%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 29.47% beat Credicorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Banco de Chile had 1 more articles in the media than Credicorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Banco de Chile and 2 mentions for Credicorp. Credicorp's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Banco de Chile's score of 0.95 indicating that Credicorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Credicorp beats Banco de Chile on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BCH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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