GGAL vs. KB, BSBR, BCH, BSAC, WF, CIB, BMA, BBAR, IFS, and AVAL
Should you be buying Grupo Financiero Galicia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grupo Financiero Galicia include KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Banco de Chile (BCH), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Banco Macro (BMA), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), and Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Grupo Financiero Galicia vs.
Grupo Financiero Galicia (NASDAQ:GGAL) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Grupo Financiero Galicia had 1 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Grupo Financiero Galicia and 7 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Grupo Financiero Galicia's score of 0.48 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Grupo Financiero Galicia. KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Financiero Galicia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Grupo Financiero Galicia has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Grupo Financiero Galicia pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Grupo Financiero Galicia pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Financial Group pays out 21.1% 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.
11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Grupo Financiero Galicia currently has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.22%. Given Grupo Financiero Galicia's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Grupo Financiero Galicia is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.33% compared to Grupo Financiero Galicia's net margin of 0.00%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 7.71% beat Grupo Financiero Galicia's return on equity.
Grupo Financiero Galicia received 88 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.02% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 58.31% of users gave Grupo Financiero Galicia an outperform vote.
Summary
KB Financial Group beats Grupo Financiero Galicia on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GGAL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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