BAP vs. CM, LYG, BCS, NWG, KB, BSBR, BSAC, WF, AVAL, and INTR
Should you be buying Credicorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Credicorp include Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BCS), NatWest Group (NWG), KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), and Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Credicorp (NYSE:BAP) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE:CM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Credicorp has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce received 179 more outperform votes than Credicorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.75% of users gave Credicorp an outperform vote while only 53.50% of users gave Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce an outperform vote.
Credicorp pays an annual dividend of $35.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.4%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Credicorp pays out 207.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Credicorp presently has a consensus price target of $181.73, indicating a potential upside of 10.61%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.89%. Given Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is more favorable than Credicorp.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has higher revenue and earnings than Credicorp. Credicorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Credicorp has a net margin of 19.95% compared to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net margin of 10.79%. Credicorp's return on equity of 15.33% beat Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce had 10 more articles in the media than Credicorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and 5 mentions for Credicorp. Credicorp's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's score of 1.01 indicating that Credicorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.8% of Credicorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Credicorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Credicorp beats Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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