Banco Macro (BMA) Competitors

ORIX (NYSE:IX) and Banco Macro (NYSE:BMA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.

Is IX or BMA more profitable?

Banco Macro has a net margin of 15.12% compared to ORIX's net margin of 13.66%. Banco Macro's return on equity of 26.55% beat ORIX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ORIX	13.66%	9.73%	2.40%
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IX or BMA?

1.7% of ORIX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of ORIX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer IX or BMA?

Banco Macro has a consensus target price of $62.13, suggesting a potential downside of 32.71%. Given Banco Macro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Macro is more favorable than ORIX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ORIX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Banco Macro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is IX or BMA a better dividend stock?

ORIX pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banco Macro pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. ORIX pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Macro pays out 46.3% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IX or BMA?

Banco Macro received 144 more outperform votes than ORIX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.59% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote while only 59.51% of users gave ORIX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ORIX	Outperform Votes 194 59.51%	Underperform Votes 132 40.49%
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.59%	Underperform Votes 202 37.41%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IX or BMA?

ORIX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Macro. Banco Macro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ORIX, 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
ORIX	$1.83T	0.01	$2.39B	$2.02	10.16
Banco Macro	$4.52T	0.00	$2.23B	$11.41	8.09

Does the media prefer IX or BMA?

In the previous week, Banco Macro had 1 more articles in the media than ORIX. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Banco Macro and 5 mentions for ORIX. Banco Macro's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat ORIX's score of 0.55 indicating that Banco Macro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ORIX	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Macro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, IX or BMA?

ORIX has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Macro has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Banco Macro beats ORIX on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.