Bank OZK (OZK) Competitors

Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) and Banco Bradesco (NYSE:BBD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OZK or BBD?

86.2% of Bank OZK shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Banco Bradesco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, OZK or BBD?

Bank OZK has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OZK or BBD?

Banco Bradesco has higher revenue and earnings than Bank OZK. Bank OZK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Bradesco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank OZK	$1.65B	3.01	$690.78M	$6.08	7.21
Banco Bradesco	$101.44B	0.20	$2.85B	$0.26	7.42

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OZK or BBD?

Banco Bradesco received 157 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.37% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 45.43% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank OZK	Outperform Votes 174 45.43%	Underperform Votes 209 54.57%
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 331 57.37%	Underperform Votes 246 42.63%

Is OZK or BBD a better dividend stock?

Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Bank OZK pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bradesco pays out 7.7% 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. Bank OZK has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years. Bank OZK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend OZK or BBD?

Bank OZK currently has a consensus price target of $49.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.56%. Banco Bradesco has a consensus price target of $3.20, indicating a potential upside of 65.80%. Given Banco Bradesco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Bradesco is more favorable than Bank OZK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank OZK	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89
Banco Bradesco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is OZK or BBD more profitable?

Bank OZK has a net margin of 26.07% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 7.43%. Bank OZK's return on equity of 14.15% beat Banco Bradesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank OZK	26.07%	14.15%	1.96%
Banco Bradesco	7.43%	10.17%	0.86%

Does the media prefer OZK or BBD?

In the previous week, Bank OZK and Bank OZK both had 5 articles in the media. Bank OZK's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Banco Bradesco's score of 0.94 indicating that Bank OZK is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank OZK	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Bradesco	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Bank OZK beats Banco Bradesco on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.