Axos Financial (AX) Competitors

Banco Santander (Brasil) (NYSE:BSBR) and Axos Financial (NYSE:AX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BSBR or AX?

Banco Santander (Brasil) received 174 more outperform votes than Axos Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.44% of users gave Banco Santander (Brasil) an outperform vote while only 53.04% of users gave Axos Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander (Brasil)	Outperform Votes 270 55.44%	Underperform Votes 217 44.56%
Axos Financial	Outperform Votes 96 53.04%	Underperform Votes 85 46.96%

Do analysts rate BSBR or AX?

Axos Financial has a consensus target price of $79.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.45%. Given Axos Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than Banco Santander (Brasil).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander (Brasil)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Axos Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BSBR or AX?

14.5% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Axos Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Banco Santander (Brasil) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Axos Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BSBR or AX?

Banco Santander (Brasil) has higher revenue and earnings than Axos Financial.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander (Brasil)	$29.50B	0.57	$1.89B	N/A	N/A
Axos Financial	$1.88B	2.44	$450.01M	$8.26	9.70

Is BSBR or AX more profitable?

Axos Financial has a net margin of 24.07% compared to Banco Santander (Brasil)'s net margin of 0.00%. Axos Financial's return on equity of 18.99% beat Banco Santander (Brasil)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander (Brasil)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Axos Financial	24.07%	18.99%	1.88%

Does the media favor BSBR or AX?

In the previous week, Axos Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Banco Santander (Brasil). MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Axos Financial and 2 mentions for Banco Santander (Brasil). Banco Santander (Brasil)'s average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Axos Financial's score of 0.48 indicating that Banco Santander (Brasil) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander (Brasil)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Axos Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BSBR or AX?

Banco Santander (Brasil) has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axos Financial has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Axos Financial beats Banco Santander (Brasil) on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.