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BLX vs. WFC, USB, CMA, BBAR, IFS, AVAL, INTR, NTB, SUPV, and ESQ

Should you be buying Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. include Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Comerica (CMA), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), and Esquire Financial (ESQ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. vs.

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

Wells Fargo & Company presently has a consensus target price of $75.73, suggesting a potential upside of 3.28%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.02%. Given Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.

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, S. A.
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a net margin of 24.29% compared to Wells Fargo & Company's net margin of 15.73%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s return on equity of 16.01% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wells Fargo & Company15.73% 12.38% 1.04%
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. 24.29%16.01%1.84%

Wells Fargo & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. 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$81.58B2.92$19.72B$5.5713.16
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.$290.14M5.08$166.16M$5.607.21

Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. 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, S. A. has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 73 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 2 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Wells Fargo & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Wells Fargo & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wells Fargo & Company
39 Very Positive mention(s)
24 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Wells Fargo & Company received 1372 more outperform votes than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote while only 53.53% of users gave Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wells Fargo & CompanyOutperform Votes
1645
61.38%
Underperform Votes
1035
38.62%
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.Outperform Votes
273
53.53%
Underperform Votes
237
46.47%

Summary

Wells Fargo & Company beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BLX vs. The Competition

MetricBanco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.Commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.48B$40.35B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield6.31%3.98%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio7.389.6722.4234.53
Price / Sales5.081.7227.6234.83
Price / Cash8.389.6317.6217.51
Price / Book1.231.412.774.69
Net Income$166.16M$3.43B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.01%1.37%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance5.31%6.95%5.24%6.27%
1 Year Performance34.58%36.37%538.04%5.78%

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLX
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.
3.4462 of 5 stars
$40.38
+1.3%
$42.00
+4.0%
+33.2%$1.48B$290.14M7.38180
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
4.3851 of 5 stars
$76.05
-0.2%
$75.73
-0.4%
+20.3%$247.48B$81.58B14.14238,000Trending News
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9765 of 5 stars
$44.76
-0.4%
$50.89
+13.7%
+5.7%$69.74B$27.58B11.8178,200Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CMA
Comerica
4.7166 of 5 stars
$58.59
-0.3%
$63.22
+7.9%
+5.7%$7.70B$3.29B11.677,650Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BBAR
Banco BBVA Argentina
2.8949 of 5 stars
$22.34
+4.3%
$27.00
+20.9%
+99.1%$4.56B$3.43T11.645,850News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
IFS
Intercorp Financial Services
3.6052 of 5 stars
$35.54
-0.4%
$30.00
-15.6%
+60.4%$4.07B$6.54B11.777,380
AVAL
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
2.7183 of 5 stars
$2.81
-1.1%
N/A+10.5%$3.34B$16.06T16.5370,200High Trading Volume
INTR
Inter & Co, Inc.
3.0423 of 5 stars
$6.97
+3.3%
$6.78
-2.7%
+8.9%$3.06B$6.84B17.873,235
NTB
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
3.0515 of 5 stars
$42.94
+0.1%
$44.67
+4.0%
+22.0%$2.04B$587.36M9.101,340Positive News
SUPV
Grupo Supervielle
2.4085 of 5 stars
$16.41
+5.0%
$13.67
-16.7%
+127.7%$1.45B$1.15T22.794,810Positive News
Ex-Dividend
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1.9014 of 5 stars
$91.63
+0.9%
$92.50
+0.9%
+86.7%$775.37M$129.33M17.76110Positive News

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