NTB vs. AVAL, INTR, ITCLY, BLX, ESQ, PGC, VBNK, BBAR, BCH, and BMA
Should you be buying Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son include Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Banco Itau Chile Spon (ITCLY), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), VersaBank (VBNK), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco de Chile (BCH), and Banco Macro (BMA). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son had 1 more articles in the media than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son and 0 mentions for Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son presently has a consensus price target of $35.80, indicating a potential upside of 6.11%. Given Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is more favorable than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a net margin of 27.95% compared to Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' net margin of 1.17%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's return on equity of 23.18% beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' return on equity.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son received 121 more outperform votes than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.03% of users gave Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son an outperform vote while only 51.59% of users gave Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores an outperform vote.
62.7% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son beats Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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