EBC vs. BAP, BCH, ALLY, BSAC, UWMC, CIB, GGAL, WF, QFIN, and COOP
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), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), UWM (UWMC), Bancolombia (CIB), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Woori Financial Group (WF), Qifu Technology (QFIN), and Mr. Cooper Group (COOP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Eastern Bankshares vs.
Credicorp (NYSE:BAP) and Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
Credicorp has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Credicorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Credicorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Credicorp has higher revenue and earnings than Eastern Bankshares. Credicorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastern Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Credicorp received 286 more outperform votes than Eastern Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Credicorp an outperform vote while only 51.02% of users gave Eastern Bankshares an outperform vote.
Credicorp presently has a consensus target price of $195.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.47%. Eastern Bankshares has a consensus target price of $20.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.12%. Given Eastern Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than Credicorp.
In the previous week, Credicorp had 5 more articles in the media than Eastern Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Credicorp and 2 mentions for Eastern Bankshares. Credicorp's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Eastern Bankshares' score of 1.16 indicating that Credicorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Credicorp has a net margin of 20.94% compared to Eastern Bankshares' net margin of 11.07%. Credicorp's return on equity of 16.25% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.
Credicorp pays an annual dividend of $9.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Eastern Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Credicorp pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastern Bankshares pays out 71.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Credicorp beats Eastern Bankshares on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EBC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
