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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Wells Fargo & Company presently has a consensus price target of $78.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.99%. Given Wells Fargo & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wells Fargo & Company is more favorable than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior.
In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 95 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. MarketBeat recorded 102 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 7 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. Wells Fargo & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's score of 0.82 indicating that Wells Fargo & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior shares are held by 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.
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.
Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Wells Fargo & Company beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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