BCH vs. BBAR, BMA, CIB, GGAL, SUPV, IFS, SSBI, RY, MUFG, and HDB
Should you be buying Banco de Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco de Chile include Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco Macro (BMA), Bancolombia (CIB), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Summit State Bank (SSBI), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and HDFC Bank (HDB). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco BBVA Argentina (NYSE:BBAR) and Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
Banco BBVA Argentina pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Banco BBVA Argentina pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco de Chile pays out 41.8% 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. Banco de Chile has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Banco de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Banco de Chile has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.32%. Given Banco BBVA Argentina's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco de Chile is more favorable than Banco BBVA Argentina.
In the previous week, Banco BBVA Argentina and Banco BBVA Argentina both had 2 articles in the media. Banco BBVA Argentina's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Banco de Chile's score of 0.00 indicating that Banco de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco BBVA Argentina has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco de Chile has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco BBVA Argentina. Banco BBVA Argentina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco de Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco de Chile has a net margin of 29.41% compared to Banco de Chile's net margin of 4.00%. Banco BBVA Argentina's return on equity of 23.65% beat Banco de Chile's return on equity.
1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco de Chile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco BBVA Argentina received 89 more outperform votes than Banco de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave Banco BBVA Argentina an outperform vote while only 58.37% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote.
Summary
Banco de Chile beats Banco BBVA Argentina on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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