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Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (BLX) Competitors

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$41.00 +0.33 (+0.81%)
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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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 Exterior24.91% 15.63% 1.77%
Wells Fargo & Company 16.82%12.29%1.04%

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

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
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior$829.46M1.81$205.87M$5.607.32
Wells Fargo & Company$125.40B2.14$19.72B$5.8414.15

Summary

Wells Fargo & Company beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior on 15 of the 19 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$67.02B$12.21B$21.04B
Dividend Yield6.15%3.69%5.57%3.61%
P/E Ratio7.328.9218.9827.92
Price / Sales1.814.6026.1456.65
Price / Cash7.109.4021.5723.29
Price / Book1.121.342.174.54
Net Income$205.87M$6.72B$999.65M$993.24M
7 Day Performance-3.44%1.34%-0.67%-0.49%
1 Month Performance0.80%2.22%2.61%3.37%
1 Year Performance25.38%41.46%539.24%9.34%

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLX
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior
3.2296 of 5 stars
$41.00
+0.8%
N/A+23.5%$1.49B$829.46M7.32180News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
4.8406 of 5 stars
$80.20
-0.5%
$80.39
+0.2%
+37.5%$262.42B$125.40B13.73217,000Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9872 of 5 stars
$45.78
+0.2%
$52.50
+14.7%
+1.4%$71.19B$42.71B10.7870,263Positive News
CMA
Comerica
4.4783 of 5 stars
$63.01
-3.5%
$62.90
-0.2%
+30.4%$8.58B$4.99B12.077,928Dividend Announcement
BMA
Macro Bank
3.2902 of 5 stars
$65.06
+0.8%
$62.13
-4.5%
+35.5%$4.12B$4.49B5.709,004Positive News
BBAR
BBVA Banco Frances
3.8927 of 5 stars
$14.94
-0.9%
$22.50
+50.6%
+79.5%$3.08B$2.72T8.746,289
NTB
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
3.9033 of 5 stars
$45.63
-0.3%
$51.33
+12.5%
+13.8%$2.18B$587.36M9.471,306News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
SUPV
Grupo Supervielle
3.4109 of 5 stars
$9.60
-1.5%
$13.67
+42.4%
+62.0%$863.21M$1.00T12.973,456
VBNK
VersaBank
3.856 of 5 stars
$11.55
flat
$13.95
+20.8%
-0.2%$375.59M$216.31M14.62100News Coverage
Positive News
WNEB
Western New England Bancorp
3.5217 of 5 stars
$10.04
+0.6%
$8.50
-15.3%
+33.7%$206.80M$72.99M18.94360Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
HSBC
HSBC
2.084 of 5 stars
$63.58
+1.2%
$63.00
-0.9%
+49.0%$219.33B$141.75B11.67211,304Trending News
Upcoming Earnings

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