GHLD vs. BBAR, RIOT, UCB, AVAL, EBC, FHB, DAVE, INTR, BUR, and CLSK
Should you be buying Guild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guild include Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), First Hawaiian (FHB), Dave (DAVE), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Burford Capital (BUR), and CleanSpark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Guild vs. Its Competitors
Banco BBVA Argentina (NYSE:BBAR) and Guild (NYSE:GHLD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Guild had 3 more articles in the media than Banco BBVA Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Guild and 0 mentions for Banco BBVA Argentina. Guild's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Banco BBVA Argentina's score of 0.00 indicating that Guild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco BBVA Argentina pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Guild pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Banco BBVA Argentina pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guild pays out 144.9% 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 BBVA Argentina received 342 more outperform votes than Guild when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.87% of users gave Banco BBVA Argentina an outperform vote while only 39.29% of users gave Guild an outperform vote.
Banco BBVA Argentina has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guild has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco BBVA Argentina has higher revenue and earnings than Guild. Banco BBVA Argentina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guild, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco BBVA Argentina has a net margin of 6.09% compared to Guild's net margin of -12.78%. Banco BBVA Argentina's return on equity of 12.21% beat Guild's return on equity.
Banco BBVA Argentina presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.06%. Guild has a consensus price target of $16.30, indicating a potential upside of 9.99%. Given Banco BBVA Argentina's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Banco BBVA Argentina is more favorable than Guild.
17.5% of Guild shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.3% of Guild shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Banco BBVA Argentina beats Guild on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:GHLD) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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