Bancolombia (CIB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CIB or BBD?

Banco Bradesco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bancolombia. Bancolombia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Bradesco, 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
Bancolombia	$27.89T	0.00	$1.22B	$6.30	6.46
Banco Bradesco	$105.33B	0.24	$3.20B	$0.30	8.05

Which has more risk and volatility, CIB or BBD?

Bancolombia has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CIB or BBD more profitable?

Bancolombia has a net margin of 14.14% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 8.46%. Bancolombia's return on equity of 14.61% beat Banco Bradesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bancolombia	14.14%	14.61%	1.69%
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%

Do analysts rate CIB or BBD?

Bancolombia currently has a consensus price target of $39.25, suggesting a potential downside of 3.53%. Banco Bradesco has a consensus price target of $2.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.62%. Given Banco Bradesco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Bradesco is more favorable than Bancolombia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bancolombia	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer CIB or BBD?

In the previous week, Bancolombia had 3 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Bancolombia and 10 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Bancolombia's score of 0.23 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bancolombia	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Banco Bradesco	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIB or BBD?

Banco Bradesco received 11 more outperform votes than Bancolombia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Bancolombia an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bancolombia	Outperform Votes 322 58.33%	Underperform Votes 230 41.67%
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 333 57.41%	Underperform Votes 247 42.59%

Is CIB or BBD a better dividend stock?

Bancolombia pays an annual dividend of $6.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Bancolombia pays out 107.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Bancolombia beats Banco Bradesco on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.