Banco Bradesco (BBD) Competitors

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

Is SAN or BBD more profitable?

Banco Santander has a net margin of 15.88% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 8.46%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 11.90% beat Banco Bradesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander	15.88%	11.90%	0.69%
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%

Do analysts prefer SAN or BBD?

Banco Bradesco has a consensus price target of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 14.56%. Given Banco Bradesco's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Bradesco is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, SAN or BBD?

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SAN or BBD?

In the previous week, Banco Bradesco had 1 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Banco Bradesco and 6 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.12 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is SAN or BBD a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Banco Santander pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.7% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SAN or BBD?

9.2% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Banco Bradesco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SAN or BBD?

Banco Santander received 243 more outperform votes than Banco Bradesco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.41% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 576 49.87%	Underperform Votes 579 50.13%
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 333 57.41%	Underperform Votes 247 42.59%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SAN or BBD?

Banco Santander has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander, 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 Santander	$63.49B	1.51	$13.61B	$0.83	7.28
Banco Bradesco	$101.44B	0.22	$3.20B	$0.30	6.98

Summary

Banco Santander beats Banco Bradesco on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.