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Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (BLX) Competitors

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BLX vs. WFC, USB, CMA, BMA, BBAR, NTB, SUPV, VBNK, WNEB, and HSBC

Should you be buying Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior include Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Comerica (CMA), Macro Bank (BMA), BBVA Banco Frances (BBAR), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), VersaBank (VBNK), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), and HSBC (HSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior vs. Its Competitors

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

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

In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 116 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. MarketBeat recorded 121 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 5 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Wells Fargo & Company's score of 0.91 indicating that Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wells Fargo & Company
55 Very Positive mention(s)
44 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Wells Fargo & Company presently has a consensus target price of $78.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.34%. Given Wells Fargo & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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
Wells Fargo & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has a net margin of 24.91% compared to Wells Fargo & Company's net margin of 16.19%. 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
Wells Fargo & Company16.19% 12.15% 1.03%
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior 24.91%15.63%1.77%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wells Fargo & Company$125.40B2.17$19.72B$5.5715.01
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior$829.46M1.80$205.87M$5.607.30

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 an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior pays out 44.6% 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. Wells Fargo & Company has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Wells Fargo & Company beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BLX vs. The Competition

MetricBanco Latinoamericano de Comercio ExteriorBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.49B$66.91B$12.07B$20.64B
Dividend Yield6.19%3.70%5.58%3.77%
P/E Ratio7.308.9520.0828.03
Price / Sales1.801.9325.7038.91
Price / Cash7.059.4621.3421.91
Price / Book1.121.362.284.60
Net Income$205.87M$6.85B$1.00B$984.95M
7 Day Performance-0.86%1.39%2.33%2.95%
1 Month Performance-1.27%3.97%4.39%5.53%
1 Year Performance33.75%41.28%541.13%14.66%

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLX
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior
3.7634 of 5 stars
$40.88
+1.3%
N/A+31.2%$1.49B$829.46M7.30180News Coverage
Positive News
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
4.8228 of 5 stars
$77.02
+2.1%
$77.98
+1.2%
+35.1%$245.37B$125.40B13.83217,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9449 of 5 stars
$44.10
+1.9%
$50.72
+15.0%
+18.8%$67.45B$42.71B10.9270,263Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
CMA
Comerica
4.5134 of 5 stars
$57.39
+1.6%
$61.95
+7.9%
+22.0%$7.42B$4.99B10.857,928Analyst Forecast
BMA
Macro Bank
3.615 of 5 stars
$68.96
-2.1%
$62.13
-9.9%
+26.8%$4.50B$4.49B6.049,004
BBAR
BBVA Banco Frances
4.8317 of 5 stars
$16.31
-1.7%
$22.50
+38.0%
+83.7%$3.39B$4.86B9.546,289Options Volume
NTB
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
3.0801 of 5 stars
$43.67
+2.8%
$44.67
+2.3%
+31.0%$2.02B$815.73M9.061,306
SUPV
Grupo Supervielle
3.8367 of 5 stars
$10.48
-2.0%
$13.67
+30.4%
+69.7%$946.43M$2.05B14.163,456
VBNK
VersaBank
3.8007 of 5 stars
$11.35
+0.5%
$13.95
+22.9%
+8.8%$367.14M$216.31M14.37100Positive News
WNEB
Western New England Bancorp
3.2156 of 5 stars
$8.78
+1.3%
$8.50
-3.2%
+40.0%$179.57M$122.74M16.57360High Trading Volume
HSBC
HSBC
2.1681 of 5 stars
$59.00
+1.0%
$63.00
+6.8%
+37.5%$205.44B$141.75B10.83211,304

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