AUB vs. BCH, ALLY, GGAL, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, BMA, OMF, and CADE
Should you be buying Atlantic Union Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlantic Union Bankshares include Banco de Chile (BCH), Ally Financial (ALLY), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), UWM (UWMC), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Banco Macro (BMA), OneMain (OMF), and Cadence Bank (CADE). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Atlantic Union Bankshares vs.
Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) and Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Banco de Chile shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco de Chile pays out 44.4% 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. Atlantic Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Banco de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Atlantic Union Bankshares currently has a consensus target price of $44.60, suggesting a potential upside of 17.95%. Banco de Chile has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.53%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Banco de Chile.
Banco de Chile received 250 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 57.87% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote.
Banco de Chile has a net margin of 30.00% compared to Atlantic Union Bankshares' net margin of 16.25%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 22.69% beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity.
Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Banco de Chile had 1 more articles in the media than Atlantic Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Banco de Chile and 2 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares. Banco de Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of -0.02 indicating that Banco de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. Banco de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Banco de Chile beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AUB) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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