Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BBD or BSAC?

Banco Bradesco has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 Bradesco	$110.76B	0.29	$3.20B	$0.32	9.30
Banco Santander-Chile	$2.74T	0.00	$883.95M	$2.29	11.07

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BBD or BSAC?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BBD or BSAC?

Banco Bradesco received 77 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.56% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 335 57.56%	Underperform Votes 247 42.44%
Banco Santander-Chile	Outperform Votes 258 53.75%	Underperform Votes 222 46.25%

Is BBD or BSAC 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 Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%
Banco Santander-Chile	19.16%	19.15%	1.18%

Does the media favor BBD or BSAC?

In the previous week, Banco Santander-Chile had 2 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile and 0 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of -0.33 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Banco Bradesco	Neutral
Banco Santander-Chile	Neutral

Is BBD or BSAC a better dividend stock?

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

Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BBD or BSAC?

Banco Bradesco presently has a consensus target price of $2.40, indicating a potential downside of 19.33%. Banco Santander-Chile has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.27%. Given Banco Santander-Chile's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Santander-Chile is more favorable than Banco Bradesco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Banco Santander-Chile	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Summary

Banco Bradesco and Banco Santander-Chile tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.