CMA vs. BLX, WFC, USB, HBAN, RF, SHG, KEY, FHN, WBS, and ZION
Should you be buying Comerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comerica include Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), KeyCorp (KEY), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Comerica (NYSE:CMA) and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (NYSE:BLX) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
Comerica presently has a consensus price target of $54.95, suggesting a potential upside of 2.93%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a consensus price target of $40.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.27%. Given Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is more favorable than Comerica.
Comerica pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Comerica pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays out 40.5% 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. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Comerica had 35 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Comerica and 16 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Comerica's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s score of 0.34 indicating that Comerica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Comerica has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a net margin of 23.87% compared to Comerica's net margin of 12.15%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s return on equity of 16.12% beat Comerica's return on equity.
Comerica has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comerica received 633 more outperform votes than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.74% of users gave Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. an outperform vote while only 52.40% of users gave Comerica an outperform vote.
80.7% of Comerica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Comerica shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Comerica and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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