Banco Macro (BMA) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer KB or BMA?

Banco Macro has a consensus price target of $54.50, suggesting a potential downside of 36.94%. Given Banco Macro's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Macro is more favorable than KB Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KB Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Banco Macro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KB or BMA?

Banco Macro received 71 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.71% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote while only 60.68% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KB Financial Group	Outperform Votes 267 60.68%	Underperform Votes 173 39.32%
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.71%	Underperform Votes 201 37.29%

Which has more volatility and risk, KB or BMA?

KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Macro has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KB or BMA?

In the previous week, KB Financial Group had 10 more articles in the media than Banco Macro. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for KB Financial Group and 1 mentions for Banco Macro. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Banco Macro's score of 0.31 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KB Financial Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Macro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is KB or BMA a better dividend stock?

KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Banco Macro pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. KB Financial Group pays out 17.5% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KB or BMA?

KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Macro. KB Financial Group 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
KB Financial Group	$20.54T	0.00	$3.59B	$10.31	5.97
Banco Macro	$4.52T	0.00	$2.23B	$11.41	7.57

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

11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KB or BMA more profitable?

Banco Macro has a net margin of 15.12% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 12.33%. Banco Macro's return on equity of 26.55% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KB Financial Group	12.33%	7.71%	0.62%
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%

Summary

Banco Macro beats KB Financial Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.