Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (BLX) Competitors

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (NYSE:BLX) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is WFC or BLX more profitable?

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has a net margin of 24.91% compared to Wells Fargo & Company's net margin of 16.82%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's return on equity of 15.63% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wells Fargo & Company	16.82%	12.33%	1.05%
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	24.91%	15.63%	1.77%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WFC or BLX?

75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, WFC or BLX?

Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer WFC or BLX?

Wells Fargo & Company currently has a consensus price target of $80.39, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. Given Wells Fargo & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wells Fargo & Company is more favorable than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wells Fargo & Company	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WFC or BLX?

Wells Fargo & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wells Fargo & Company, 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
Wells Fargo & Company	$81.72B	3.19	$19.72B	$5.84	13.72
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	$290.14M	5.35	$205.87M	$5.60	7.58

Is WFC or BLX a better dividend stock?

Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior pays out 44.6% 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. Wells Fargo & Company has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Does the media favor WFC or BLX?

In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 172 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. MarketBeat recorded 174 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 2 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior. Wells Fargo & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior's score of 0.34 indicating that Wells Fargo & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wells Fargo & Company	71 Very Positive mention(s)	60 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Wells Fargo & Company beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.