WF vs. BSAC, BCH, BAP, GGAL, AVAL, KB, NWG, BCS, PRI, and JLL
Should you be buying Woori Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woori Financial Group include Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Banco de Chile (BCH), Credicorp (BAP), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), KB Financial Group (KB), NatWest Group (NWG), Barclays (BCS), Primerica (PRI), and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Woori Financial Group (NYSE:WF) and Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Woori Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Woori Financial Group and 2 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Banco Santander-Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Woori Financial Group's score of 0.11 indicating that Banco Santander-Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Santander-Chile has a consensus target price of $19.97, suggesting a potential upside of 0.66%. Given Banco Santander-Chile's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Santander-Chile is more favorable than Woori Financial Group.
Woori Financial Group has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Banco Santander-Chile's net margin of 9.99%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 10.73% beat Woori Financial Group's return on equity.
Woori Financial Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
17.8% of Woori Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Woori Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander-Chile. Woori Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander-Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Woori Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Woori Financial Group pays out 8.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 74.8% 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.
Woori Financial Group received 14 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Woori Financial Group an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.
Summary
Woori Financial Group beats Banco Santander-Chile on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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