Woori Financial Group (WF) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WF or BBD?

Banco Bradesco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Woori Financial Group. Woori Financial Group 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
Woori Financial Group	$12.73T	0.00	$1.94B	$7.84	5.00
Banco Bradesco	$110.76B	0.26	$3.20B	$0.32	8.61

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WF or BBD?

3.4% of Woori Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Banco Bradesco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WF or BBD?

Banco Bradesco received 63 more outperform votes than Woori Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.42% of users gave Woori Financial Group an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Woori Financial Group	Outperform Votes 271 66.42%	Underperform Votes 137 33.58%
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 334 57.49%	Underperform Votes 247 42.51%

Is WF or BBD more profitable?

Woori Financial Group has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 8.46%. Banco Bradesco's return on equity of 11.43% beat Woori Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Woori Financial Group	11.30%	7.89%	0.53%
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%

Does the media refer more to WF or BBD?

In the previous week, Banco Bradesco had 2 more articles in the media than Woori Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Banco Bradesco and 4 mentions for Woori Financial Group. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Woori Financial Group's score of 1.15 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Woori Financial Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Bradesco	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WF or BBD a better dividend stock?

Woori Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $4.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Woori Financial Group pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.3% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, WF or BBD?

Woori Financial Group has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate WF or BBD?

Banco Bradesco has a consensus target price of $2.40, indicating a potential downside of 12.89%. Given Banco Bradesco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Bradesco is more favorable than Woori Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Woori Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Banco Bradesco beats Woori Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.