IFS vs. BCH, WF, COOP, ALLY, CIB, BSAC, CHYM, SSB, UWMC, and GGAL
Should you be buying Intercorp Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intercorp Financial Services include Banco De Chile (BCH), Woori Bank (WF), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Ally Financial (ALLY), BanColombia (CIB), Banco Santander Chile (BSAC), Chime Financial (CHYM), SouthState (SSB), UWM (UWMC), and Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Intercorp Financial Services vs. Its Competitors
Banco De Chile (NYSE:BCH) and Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Banco De Chile has a net margin of 32.62% compared to Intercorp Financial Services' net margin of 27.98%. Banco De Chile's return on equity of 23.00% beat Intercorp Financial Services' return on equity.
Banco De Chile has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercorp Financial Services has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco De Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Intercorp Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Banco De Chile pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intercorp Financial Services pays out 21.1% 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. Intercorp Financial Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Banco De Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Intercorp Financial Services. Intercorp Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco De Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1.2% of Banco De Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco De Chile shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco De Chile currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.09%. Intercorp Financial Services has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.01%. Given Banco De Chile's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Banco De Chile is more favorable than Intercorp Financial Services.
In the previous week, Banco De Chile had 4 more articles in the media than Intercorp Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Banco De Chile and 1 mentions for Intercorp Financial Services. Intercorp Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Banco De Chile's score of 0.90 indicating that Intercorp Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Banco De Chile beats Intercorp Financial Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:IFS) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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