BSBR vs. BMO, BBVA, ING, CM, LYG, BCS, KB, BAP, BSAC, and WF
Should you be buying Banco Santander (Brasil) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander (Brasil) include Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ING Groep (ING), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BCS), KB Financial Group (KB), Credicorp (BAP), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), and Woori Financial Group (WF). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) and Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of Montreal received 275 more outperform votes than Banco Santander (Brasil) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote while only 55.44% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote.
Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $4.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bank of Montreal pays out 85.3% 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 Montreal has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Bank of Montreal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank of Montreal has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander (Brasil).
45.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of Montreal has a net margin of 7.40% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 0.00%. Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity of 11.89% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
Bank of Montreal currently has a consensus price target of $131.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.77%. Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus price target of $5.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.86%. Given Banco Santander (Brasil)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than Banco Santander (Brasil).
In the previous week, Bank of Montreal had 23 more articles in the media than Banco Santander (Brasil). MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Bank of Montreal and 1 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil). Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s score of 0.41 indicating that Banco Santander (Brasil) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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