NTB vs. GGAL, AVAL, INTR, ITCLY, BLX, PGC, ESQ, VBNK, BBAR, and BCH
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 Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Banco Itau Chile Spon (ITCLY), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), Esquire Financial (ESQ), VersaBank (VBNK), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), and Banco de Chile (BCH). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) and Grupo Financiero Galicia (NASDAQ:GGAL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Grupo Financiero Galicia has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Grupo Financiero Galicia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Financiero Galicia has a beta of 2, suggesting that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son currently has a consensus target price of $35.80, indicating a potential upside of 5.08%. Given Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is more favorable than Grupo Financiero Galicia.
62.7% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son 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.
Grupo Financiero Galicia received 44 more outperform votes than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.03% of users gave Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave Grupo Financiero Galicia an outperform vote.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a net margin of 27.95% compared to Grupo Financiero Galicia's net margin of 0.00%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's return on equity of 23.18% beat Grupo Financiero Galicia's return on equity.
In the previous week, Grupo Financiero Galicia had 3 more articles in the media than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Grupo Financiero Galicia and 3 mentions for Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Grupo Financiero Galicia's score of 0.61 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 Financiero Galicia pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Financiero Galicia pays out 9.3% 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
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son beats Grupo Financiero Galicia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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