UCB vs. BCH, ALLY, GGAL, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, BMA, OMF, and CADE
Should you be buying United Community Banks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Community Banks include Banco de Chile (BCH), Ally Financial (ALLY), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), UWM (UWMC), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Banco Macro (BMA), OneMain (OMF), and Cadence Bank (CADE). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
United Community Banks vs.
United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCB) and Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
United Community Banks pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. United Community Banks pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco de Chile pays out 44.4% 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. Banco de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
United Community Banks has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco de Chile received 271 more outperform votes than United Community Banks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.87% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave United Community Banks an outperform vote.
Banco de Chile has a net margin of 30.00% compared to United Community Banks' net margin of 13.04%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 22.69% beat United Community Banks' return on equity.
In the previous week, Banco de Chile had 2 more articles in the media than United Community Banks. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Banco de Chile and 1 mentions for United Community Banks. Banco de Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat United Community Banks' score of 0.37 indicating that Banco de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Community Banks currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.84%. Banco de Chile has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.53%. Given United Community Banks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe United Community Banks is more favorable than Banco de Chile.
82.3% of United Community Banks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of United Community Banks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Banco de Chile shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Banco de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than United Community Banks. Banco de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Banco de Chile beats United Community Banks on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UCB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
