Bank OZK (OZK) Competitors

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

Is OZK or BBD a better dividend stock?

Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Bank OZK pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.7% 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 raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Bank OZK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OZK or BBD?

Banco Bradesco has higher revenue and earnings than Bank OZK. Banco Bradesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank OZK, 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	$2.77B	1.94	$716.46M	$6.14	7.73
Banco Bradesco	$101.44B	0.22	$3.20B	$0.30	6.98

Which has more volatility & risk, OZK or BBD?

Bank OZK has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OZK or BBD more profitable?

Bank OZK has a net margin of 25.83% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 8.46%. Bank OZK's return on equity of 13.90% beat Banco Bradesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank OZK	25.83%	13.90%	1.93%
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OZK or BBD?

Banco Bradesco received 159 more outperform votes than Bank OZK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.41% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 45.08% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank OZK	Outperform Votes 174 45.08%	Underperform Votes 212 54.92%
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 333 57.41%	Underperform Votes 247 42.59%

Does the media prefer OZK or BBD?

In the previous week, Bank OZK had 5 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bank OZK and 7 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Bank OZK's score of 1.15 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank OZK	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Bradesco	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer OZK or BBD?

Bank OZK presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.37%. Banco Bradesco has a consensus price target of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.56%. Given Banco Bradesco's 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	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Bank OZK beats Banco Bradesco on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.