IBTX vs. GGAL, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, BMA, OMF, CADE, COOP, and QFIN
Should you be buying Independent Bank Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independent Bank Group include Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), UWM (UWMC), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Banco Macro (BMA), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), and Qifu Technology (QFIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Independent Bank Group vs.
Independent Bank Group (NASDAQ:IBTX) and Grupo Financiero Galicia (NASDAQ:GGAL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Independent Bank Group has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Financiero Galicia has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Independent Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Grupo Financiero Galicia pays an annual dividend of $2.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Independent Bank Group pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Grupo Financiero Galicia had 3 more articles in the media than Independent Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Grupo Financiero Galicia and 1 mentions for Independent Bank Group. Grupo Financiero Galicia's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Independent Bank Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Grupo Financiero Galicia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Grupo Financiero Galicia has higher revenue and earnings than Independent Bank Group.
Grupo Financiero Galicia has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Independent Bank Group's net margin of -43.45%. Independent Bank Group's return on equity of 4.49% beat Grupo Financiero Galicia's return on equity.
Independent Bank Group presently has a consensus price target of $60.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.55%. Grupo Financiero Galicia has a consensus price target of $59.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.03%. Given Independent Bank Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Independent Bank Group is more favorable than Grupo Financiero Galicia.
77.9% of Independent Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Independent Bank Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Grupo Financiero Galicia received 60 more outperform votes than Independent Bank Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Grupo Financiero Galicia an outperform vote while only 51.05% of users gave Independent Bank Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Grupo Financiero Galicia beats Independent Bank Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IBTX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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