BAP vs. BSAC, WF, BSBR, KB, NWG, BCS, LYG, CM, RGA, and BIP
Should you be buying Credicorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Credicorp include Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), KB Financial Group (KB), NatWest Group (NWG), Barclays (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) and Credicorp (NYSE:BAP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Credicorp has a net margin of 19.95% compared to Credicorp's net margin of 9.58%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 15.57% beat Credicorp's return on equity.
Credicorp received 53 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.75% of users gave Credicorp an outperform vote while only 54.45% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.
6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Credicorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Credicorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Credicorp pays an annual dividend of $6.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Credicorp pays out 40.2% 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. Banco Santander-Chile has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Credicorp has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Credicorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credicorp has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Credicorp had 7 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Credicorp and 4 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Banco Santander-Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Credicorp's score of 0.37 indicating that Credicorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Santander-Chile currently has a consensus price target of $19.97, indicating a potential downside of 0.07%. Credicorp has a consensus price target of $181.73, indicating a potential upside of 5.27%. Given Banco Santander-Chile's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Credicorp is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.
Credicorp has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander-Chile. Credicorp 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.
Summary
Credicorp beats Banco Santander-Chile on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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