Banco Bradesco (BBD) Competitors

Banco Bradesco (NYSE:BBD) and Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.

Is BBD or SAN a better dividend stock?

Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Banco Bradesco pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 18.8% 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BBD or SAN?

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Bradesco. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Bradesco, 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
Banco Bradesco	$39.41B	0.54	$2.85B	$0.26	7.63
Banco Santander	$62.61B	1.24	$11.99B	$0.80	6.14

Do analysts rate BBD or SAN?

Banco Bradesco currently has a consensus price target of $2.55, indicating a potential upside of 28.46%. Given Banco Bradesco's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Banco Bradesco is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Bradesco	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is BBD or SAN more profitable?

Banco Santander has a net margin of 15.76% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 7.43%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 11.70% beat Banco Bradesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Bradesco	7.43%	10.17%	0.86%
Banco Santander	15.76%	11.70%	0.68%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBD or SAN?

Banco Santander received 242 more outperform votes than Banco Bradesco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.51% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 333 57.51%	Underperform Votes 246 42.49%
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 575 49.87%	Underperform Votes 578 50.13%

Does the media refer more to BBD or SAN?

In the previous week, Banco Santander had 22 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Banco Santander and 4 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Banco Santander's score of -0.04 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Bradesco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, BBD or SAN?

Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BBD or SAN?

9.2% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Banco Bradesco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Banco Santander beats Banco Bradesco on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.