Esquire Financial (ESQ) Competitors $86.84 +2.57 (+3.05%) As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ESQ vs. AVAL, ENVA, IBTX, FBK, PPBI, HUT, LU, WULF, TFIN, and PWPShould you be buying Esquire Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Esquire Financial include Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Enova International (ENVA), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), FB Financial (FBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Hut 8 (HUT), Lufax (LU), TeraWulf (WULF), Triumph Financial (TFIN), and Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Esquire Financial vs. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Enova International Independent Bank Group FB Financial Pacific Premier Bancorp Hut 8 Lufax TeraWulf Triumph Financial Perella Weinberg Partners Esquire Financial (NASDAQ:ESQ) and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking. Is ESQ or AVAL more profitable? Esquire Financial has a net margin of 31.38% compared to Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' net margin of 2.24%. Esquire Financial's return on equity of 19.53% beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Esquire Financial31.38% 19.53% 2.47% Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores 2.24%2.56%0.26% Does the media favor ESQ or AVAL? In the previous week, Esquire Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Esquire Financial and 5 mentions for Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Esquire Financial's score of 0.35 indicating that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Esquire Financial 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility & risk, ESQ or AVAL? Esquire Financial has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESQ or AVAL? Esquire Financial received 17 more outperform votes than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.69% of users gave Esquire Financial an outperform vote while only 51.59% of users gave Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEsquire FinancialOutperform Votes19557.69% Underperform Votes14342.31% Grupo Aval Acciones y ValoresOutperform Votes17851.59% Underperform Votes16748.41% Do analysts rate ESQ or AVAL? Esquire Financial currently has a consensus target price of $77.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.76%. Given Esquire Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Esquire Financial is more favorable than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Esquire Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ESQ or AVAL? 54.7% of Esquire Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of Esquire Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is ESQ or AVAL a better dividend stock? Esquire Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Esquire Financial pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays out 52.9% 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. Which has better valuation & earnings, ESQ or AVAL? Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has higher revenue and earnings than Esquire Financial. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esquire Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEsquire Financial$121.64M5.94$41.01M$4.9717.47Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores$8.97B0.30$147.80M$0.1713.21 SummaryEsquire Financial beats Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Esquire Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ESQ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ESQ vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEsquire FinancialCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$650.73M$35.30B$11.29B$8.96BDividend Yield0.77%3.75%5.85%4.04%P/E Ratio17.478.8124.8617.29Price / Sales5.941.8028.5879.02Price / Cash16.149.6117.2735.97Price / Book3.591.232.654.79Net Income$41.01M$3.26B$1.04B$225.07M7 Day Performance11.05%2.41%3.06%1.51%1 Month Performance10.02%4.02%1.15%4.68%1 Year Performance81.71%39.92%15.78%20.92% Esquire Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ESQEsquire Financial2.0505 of 5 stars$86.84+3.0%$77.50-10.8%+82.4%$650.73M$121.64M17.47110Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeAVALGrupo Aval Acciones y Valores4.4336 of 5 stars$2.17-0.5%N/A-14.0%$2.58B$15.89T12.7774,036Upcoming EarningsENVAEnova International2.2313 of 5 stars$96.51+1.5%$91.14-5.6%+96.3%$2.53B$2.51B15.391,800News CoverageIBTXIndependent Bank Group1.2656 of 5 stars$60.67+0.5%$60.33-0.6%+23.5%$2.51B$471.74M-5.801,517Analyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeFBKFB Financial4.2144 of 5 stars$48.86+0.1%$50.20+2.7%+48.1%$2.28B$441.62M21.341,760Short Interest ↓Positive NewsPPBIPacific Premier Bancorp1.4332 of 5 stars$23.02+0.3%$26.50+15.1%-8.4%$2.22B$336.52M-153.461,345News CoverageHUTHut 82.1051 of 5 stars$22.47-4.0%$33.00+46.9%+190.1%$2.10B$73.90M0.00219Short Interest ↑News CoverageGap DownLULufax3.3771 of 5 stars$2.31-2.5%$2.98+28.8%+17.1%$2.00B$20.29B-3.0036,215Short Interest ↓WULFTeraWulf3.9156 of 5 stars$5.12-5.2%$8.64+68.8%+349.1%$1.98B$126.47M0.006Options VolumeGap UpTFINTriumph Financial1.1278 of 5 stars$83.61+0.3%$71.60-14.4%+23.4%$1.96B$417.97M107.191,468Positive NewsPWPPerella Weinberg Partners1.0061 of 5 stars$21.89-2.0%$22.50+2.8%+134.8%$1.93B$865.05M-9.24600Analyst ForecastPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Competitors Enova International Competitors Independent Bank Group Competitors FB Financial Competitors Pacific Premier Bancorp Competitors Hut 8 Competitors Lufax Competitors TeraWulf Competitors Triumph Financial Competitors Perella Weinberg Partners Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ESQ) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDo this Before Elon’s Reveal on January 22ndElon’s newest tech could pay you an extra $30,000 a year — while you sleep. 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