Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (BLX) Competitors

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (NYSE:BLX) and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts rate BLX or WFC?

Wells Fargo & Company has a consensus target price of $80.39, suggesting a potential downside of 2.70%. Given Wells Fargo & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wells Fargo & Company is more favorable than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Wells Fargo & Company	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BLX or WFC?

19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by company 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, BLX or WFC?

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BLX or WFC a better dividend stock?

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 27.4% 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 Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Wells Fargo & Company has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Is BLX or WFC more profitable?

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has a net margin of 24.91% compared to Wells Fargo & Company's net margin of 16.82%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's return on equity of 15.63% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	24.91%	15.63%	1.77%
Wells Fargo & Company	16.82%	12.29%	1.04%

Does the media favor BLX or WFC?

In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 109 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. MarketBeat recorded 111 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 2 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. Wells Fargo & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's score of 0.34 indicating that Wells Fargo & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wells Fargo & Company	66 Very Positive mention(s)	31 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BLX or WFC?

Wells Fargo & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wells Fargo & Company, 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
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	$829.46M	1.81	$205.87M	$5.60	7.32
Wells Fargo & Company	$125.40B	2.14	$19.72B	$5.84	14.15

Summary

Wells Fargo & Company beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.