Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC) Competitors

Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) and Banco Bradesco (NYSE:BBD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BSAC or BBD?

Banco Bradesco received 76 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander-Chile	Outperform Votes 258 53.86%	Underperform Votes 221 46.14%
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 334 57.49%	Underperform Votes 247 42.51%

Do analysts recommend BSAC or BBD?

Banco Santander-Chile currently has a consensus target price of $22.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.80%. Banco Bradesco has a consensus target price of $2.40, suggesting a potential downside of 12.89%. Given Banco Santander-Chile's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Banco Santander-Chile is more favorable than Banco Bradesco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander-Chile	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk & volatility, BSAC or BBD?

Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BSAC or BBD more profitable?

Banco Santander-Chile has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 8.46%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat Banco Bradesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander-Chile	19.16%	19.15%	1.18%
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BSAC or BBD?

6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Banco Bradesco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BSAC or BBD?

In the previous week, Banco Santander-Chile had 1 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile and 6 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of 0.80 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander-Chile	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Bradesco	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BSAC or BBD a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.3% 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 better valuation & earnings, BSAC or BBD?

Banco Bradesco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco Santander-Chile. Banco Bradesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander-Chile, 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 Santander-Chile	$2.74T	0.00	$883.95M	$2.29	11.06
Banco Bradesco	$110.76B	0.26	$3.20B	$0.32	8.61

Summary

Banco Santander-Chile beats Banco Bradesco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.