ESQ vs. BLX, PGC, VBNK, BBAR, BCH, BMA, CIB, SUPV, IFS, and SSBI
Should you be buying Esquire Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esquire Financial include Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), VersaBank (VBNK), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco de Chile (BCH), Banco Macro (BMA), Bancolombia (CIB), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), and Summit State Bank (SSBI). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (NYSE:BLX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esquire Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.50% compared to Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s net margin of 23.58%. Esquire Financial's return on equity of 20.20% beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s return on equity.
Esquire Financial presently has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.46%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a consensus target price of $37.33, suggesting a potential upside of 24.40%. Given Esquire Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Esquire Financial is more favorable than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A..
In the previous week, Esquire Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Esquire Financial and 2 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Esquire Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s score of -0.50 indicating that Esquire Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. received 79 more outperform votes than Esquire Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.78% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote while only 53.65% of users gave Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. an outperform vote.
Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Esquire Financial pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays out 40.5% 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.
Summary
Esquire Financial beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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