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Eastern Bankshares (EBC) Competitors

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$17.79 -0.70 (-3.79%)
(As of 12/17/2024 05:26 PM ET)

EBC vs. BSBR, ALLY, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, UPST, BMA, CADE, and OMF

Should you be buying Eastern Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern Bankshares include Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Ally Financial (ALLY), UWM (UWMC), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Upstart (UPST), Banco Macro (BMA), Cadence Bank (CADE), and OneMain (OMF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Eastern Bankshares vs.

Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) and Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.

In the previous week, Banco Santander (Brasil) had 3 more articles in the media than Eastern Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil) and 4 mentions for Eastern Bankshares. Eastern Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s score of -0.07 indicating that Eastern Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Eastern Bankshares
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Banco Santander (Brasil)
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Eastern Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Banco Santander (Brasil) has higher revenue and earnings than Eastern Bankshares. Banco Santander (Brasil) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastern Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Eastern Bankshares$670.55M5.70$232.18M$2.327.67
Banco Santander (Brasil)$45.72B0.33$1.89B$0.755.38

Banco Santander (Brasil) received 248 more outperform votes than Eastern Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.40% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Eastern Bankshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Eastern BanksharesOutperform Votes
24
50.00%
Underperform Votes
24
50.00%
Banco Santander (Brasil)Outperform Votes
272
55.40%
Underperform Votes
219
44.60%

Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Eastern Bankshares pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander (Brasil) pays out 4.0% 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.

Eastern Bankshares currently has a consensus price target of $19.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.02%. Banco Santander (Brasil) has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.70%. Given Banco Santander (Brasil)'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Santander (Brasil) is more favorable than Eastern Bankshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Eastern Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Banco Santander (Brasil)
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Eastern Bankshares has a net margin of 38.00% compared to Banco Santander (Brasil)'s net margin of 0.00%. Eastern Bankshares' return on equity of 4.49% beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Eastern Bankshares38.00% 4.49% 0.64%
Banco Santander (Brasil) N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Eastern Bankshares beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EBC vs. The Competition

MetricEastern BanksharesFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.97B$2.78B$10.49B$9.31B
Dividend Yield2.67%3.16%10.34%4.06%
P/E Ratio7.6715.6948.8417.54
Price / Sales5.703.923,158.09139.37
Price / Cash16.0519.3930.5637.95
Price / Book1.061.032.764.92
Net Income$232.18M$358.89M$1.02B$225.78M
7 Day Performance-1.98%-0.46%-1.39%-1.58%
1 Month Performance-3.94%1.58%-0.09%6.67%
1 Year Performance22.61%13.36%16.24%22.48%

Eastern Bankshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.754 of 5 stars
$17.79
-3.8%
$19.75
+11.0%
+22.8%$3.97B$670.55M7.671,744Positive News
BSBR
Banco Santander (Brasil)
4.1043 of 5 stars
$4.01
-0.7%
$6.00
+49.6%
-36.6%$14.93B$45.72B5.3955,611News Coverage
ALLY
Ally Financial
4.9771 of 5 stars
$37.74
+0.2%
$41.73
+10.6%
+4.9%$11.50B$8.21B15.0711,100Short Interest ↓
UWMC
UWM
2.4601 of 5 stars
$6.06
+0.7%
$7.41
+22.2%
-16.4%$9.69B$835.67M-26.176,700
BSAC
Banco Santander-Chile
3.789 of 5 stars
$19.41
-0.2%
$21.33
+9.9%
-5.0%$9.14B$6.07B11.059,229Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
WF
Woori Financial Group
4.3196 of 5 stars
$32.74
-0.8%
N/A+6.7%$8.10B$17.78B4.29150News Coverage
CIB
Bancolombia
2.5433 of 5 stars
$33.04
-0.5%
$33.67
+1.9%
+12.6%$7.94B$27.76T5.2634,756
UPST
Upstart
3.6389 of 5 stars
$85.06
+0.7%
$61.80
-27.3%
+86.4%$7.76B$513.56M-43.761,388
BMA
Banco Macro
3.457 of 5 stars
$104.83
+12.7%
$50.83
-51.5%
+296.5%$6.70B$3.42T9.138,005Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CADE
Cadence Bank
4.0444 of 5 stars
$36.59
+0.5%
$36.63
+0.1%
+17.4%$6.67B$2.19B10.465,333Short Interest ↓
OMF
OneMain
4.9113 of 5 stars
$55.77
+0.2%
$56.08
+0.6%
+11.0%$6.66B$4.56B12.189,100

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This page (NASDAQ:EBC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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