ASB vs. BAP, SOFI, BCH, ALLY, BSAC, CIB, UWMC, WF, GGAL, and QFIN
Should you be buying Associated Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated Banc include Credicorp (BAP), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco de Chile (BCH), Ally Financial (ALLY), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Bancolombia (CIB), UWM (UWMC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), and Qifu Technology (QFIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Associated Banc vs.
Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB) and Credicorp (NYSE:BAP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
Credicorp has a net margin of 20.94% compared to Associated Banc's net margin of 5.15%. Credicorp's return on equity of 16.25% beat Associated Banc's return on equity.
Credicorp has higher revenue and earnings than Associated Banc. Credicorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Associated Banc pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Credicorp pays an annual dividend of $9.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Associated Banc pays out 116.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Credicorp pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Associated Banc has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Credicorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
83.0% of Associated Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Credicorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Associated Banc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Credicorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Associated Banc has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credicorp has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Associated Banc and Associated Banc both had 12 articles in the media. Credicorp's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Associated Banc's score of 0.92 indicating that Credicorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Associated Banc currently has a consensus price target of $27.11, indicating a potential upside of 19.18%. Credicorp has a consensus price target of $195.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.61%. Given Associated Banc's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Associated Banc is more favorable than Credicorp.
Credicorp received 70 more outperform votes than Associated Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Credicorp an outperform vote while only 47.72% of users gave Associated Banc an outperform vote.
Summary
Credicorp beats Associated Banc on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASB) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff