EBC vs. BAP, BCH, ALLY, GGAL, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, BMA, and OMF
Should you be buying Eastern Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Bankshares include Credicorp (BAP), 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), and OneMain (OMF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Eastern Bankshares vs.
Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) and Credicorp (NYSE:BAP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Credicorp received 287 more outperform votes than Eastern Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Credicorp an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Eastern Bankshares an outperform vote.
Eastern Bankshares has a net margin of 38.00% compared to Credicorp's net margin of 20.11%. Credicorp's return on equity of 15.59% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.
Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credicorp has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastern Bankshares presently has a consensus target price of $19.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.23%. Credicorp has a consensus target price of $194.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.44%. Given Eastern Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than Credicorp.
Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Credicorp pays an annual dividend of $9.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Eastern Bankshares pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Credicorp pays out 53.3% 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.
Credicorp has higher revenue and earnings than Eastern Bankshares. Eastern Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Credicorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Eastern Bankshares had 3 more articles in the media than Credicorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eastern Bankshares and 2 mentions for Credicorp. Credicorp's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Eastern Bankshares' score of 0.50 indicating that Credicorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Credicorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Credicorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Credicorp beats Eastern Bankshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EBC) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
