BSAC vs. WF, BCH, BAP, IFS, AVAL, BSBR, KB, NWG, BCS, and SEIC
Should you be buying Banco Santander-Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander-Chile include Woori Financial Group (WF), Banco de Chile (BCH), Credicorp (BAP), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), KB Financial Group (KB), NatWest Group (NWG), Barclays (BCS), and SEI Investments (SEIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Woori Financial Group (NYSE:WF) and Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Woori Financial Group received 14 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Woori Financial Group an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.
Woori Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Woori Financial Group pays out 8.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 74.8% 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. Banco Santander-Chile has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Banco Santander-Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Woori Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Woori Financial Group and 2 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Woori Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of 0.11 indicating that Banco Santander-Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
17.8% of Woori Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Woori Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander-Chile. Woori Financial Group 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.
Woori Financial Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Santander-Chile has a consensus price target of $19.97, suggesting a potential upside of 0.66%. Given Woori Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Santander-Chile is more favorable than Woori Financial Group.
Woori Financial Group has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Woori Financial Group's net margin of 9.99%. Woori Financial Group's return on equity of 10.73% beat Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity.
Summary
Woori Financial Group beats Banco Santander-Chile on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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