Comerica (CMA) Competitors

Comerica (NYSE:CMA) and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (NYSE:BLX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is CMA or BLX more profitable?

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has a net margin of 24.91% compared to Comerica's net margin of 14.89%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's return on equity of 15.63% beat Comerica's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comerica	14.89%	11.59%	0.94%
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	24.91%	15.63%	1.77%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CMA or BLX?

80.7% of Comerica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Comerica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CMA or BLX a better dividend stock?

Comerica pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Comerica pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior pays out 44.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CMA or BLX?

Comerica has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comerica, 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
Comerica	$4.99B	1.68	$698M	$5.29	12.06
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	$829.46M	1.80	$205.87M	$5.60	7.29

Which has more risk & volatility, CMA or BLX?

Comerica has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CMA or BLX?

In the previous week, Comerica had 6 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Comerica and 7 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Comerica's score of 0.67 indicating that Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comerica	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CMA or BLX?

Comerica presently has a consensus target price of $62.30, indicating a potential downside of 2.32%. Given Comerica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Comerica is more favorable than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comerica	6 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Comerica beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.