BMA vs. ITCB, NTB, BBAR, GGAL, BLX, PGC, ESQ, FRC, AVAL, and IFS
Should you be buying Banco Macro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Macro include Itaú Corpbanca (ITCB), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), Esquire Financial (ESQ), First Republic Bank (FRC), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), and Intercorp Financial Services (IFS). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Macro vs.
Banco Macro (NYSE:BMA) and Itaú Corpbanca (NYSE:ITCB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Itaú Corpbanca has a net margin of 12.62% compared to Banco Macro's net margin of 5.80%. Itaú Corpbanca's return on equity of 14.01% beat Banco Macro's return on equity.
In the previous week, Banco Macro had 5 more articles in the media than Itaú Corpbanca. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Banco Macro and 0 mentions for Itaú Corpbanca. Banco Macro's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Itaú Corpbanca's average media sentiment score.
Banco Macro has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itaú Corpbanca has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Itaú Corpbanca has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco Macro. Banco Macro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Itaú Corpbanca, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco Macro received 123 more outperform votes than Itaú Corpbanca when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.26% of users gave Itaú Corpbanca an outperform vote while only 62.84% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote.
4.9% of Banco Macro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Itaú Corpbanca shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Macro pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Itaú Corpbanca pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Banco Macro pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Itaú Corpbanca pays out 14.5% 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.
Summary
Banco Macro beats Itaú Corpbanca on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BMA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Banco Macro Competitors List
