South Plains Financial (SPFI) Competitors

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (NYSE:AVAL) and South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVAL or SPFI?

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores received 131 more outperform votes than South Plains Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.29% of users gave South Plains Financial an outperform vote while only 51.59% of users gave Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	Outperform Votes 178 51.59%	Underperform Votes 167 48.41%
South Plains Financial	Outperform Votes 47 55.29%	Underperform Votes 38 44.71%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AVAL or SPFI?

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has higher revenue and earnings than South Plains Financial. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Plains Financial, 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
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	$15.89T	0.00	$147.80M	$0.17	12.35
South Plains Financial	$181.76M	3.43	$62.74M	$2.57	14.80

Is AVAL or SPFI a better dividend stock?

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. South Plains Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores pays out 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Plains Financial pays out 23.3% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AVAL or SPFI?

0.2% of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, AVAL or SPFI?

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend AVAL or SPFI?

South Plains Financial has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.36%. Given South Plains Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe South Plains Financial is more favorable than Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
South Plains Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is AVAL or SPFI more profitable?

South Plains Financial has a net margin of 15.51% compared to Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' net margin of 2.24%. South Plains Financial's return on equity of 10.39% beat Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	2.24%	2.56%	0.26%
South Plains Financial	15.51%	10.39%	1.03%

Does the media refer more to AVAL or SPFI?

In the previous week, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores had 1 more articles in the media than South Plains Financial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores and 0 mentions for South Plains Financial. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat South Plains Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores	Positive
South Plains Financial	Neutral

Summary

South Plains Financial beats Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.