Banco Macro (BMA) Competitors

Banco Macro (NYSE:BMA) and Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Is BMA or BSBR a better dividend stock?

Banco Macro pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Banco Macro pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays out 22.2% 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BMA or BSBR?

Banco Macro has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander (Brasil). Banco Santander (Brasil) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Macro, 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
Banco Macro	$2.92T	0.00	$2.23B	$11.41	6.83
Banco Santander (Brasil)	$49.01B	0.42	$1.89B	$0.81	6.76

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BMA or BSBR?

14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BMA or BSBR?

In the previous week, Banco Santander (Brasil) had 2 more articles in the media than Banco Macro. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil) and 5 mentions for Banco Macro. Banco Santander (Brasil)'s average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Banco Macro's score of 0.54 indicating that Banco Santander (Brasil) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Macro	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander (Brasil)	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BMA or BSBR?

Banco Macro received 63 more outperform votes than Banco Santander (Brasil) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.59% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote while only 55.44% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.59%	Underperform Votes 202 37.41%
Banco Santander (Brasil)	Outperform Votes 275 55.44%	Underperform Votes 221 44.56%

Do analysts rate BMA or BSBR?

Banco Macro presently has a consensus price target of $62.13, suggesting a potential downside of 20.23%. Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus price target of $5.35, suggesting a potential downside of 2.28%. Given Banco Santander (Brasil)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Santander (Brasil) is more favorable than Banco Macro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Macro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Banco Santander (Brasil)	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is BMA or BSBR more profitable?

Banco Macro has a net margin of 15.12% compared to Banco Santander (Brasil)'s net margin of 0.00%. Banco Macro's return on equity of 26.55% beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%
Banco Santander (Brasil)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, BMA or BSBR?

Banco Macro has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Banco Macro beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.