Banco Macro (BMA) Competitors

Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and Banco Macro (NYSE:BMA) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SYF or BMA?

96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SYF or BMA a better dividend stock?

Synchrony Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Banco Macro pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Synchrony Financial pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Macro pays out 51.5% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SYF or BMA?

Synchrony Financial received 515 more outperform votes than Banco Macro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.67% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 62.83% of users gave Banco Macro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Synchrony Financial	Outperform Votes 853 70.67%	Underperform Votes 354 29.33%
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.83%	Underperform Votes 200 37.17%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SYF or BMA?

Synchrony Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Macro. Banco Macro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synchrony Financial, 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
Synchrony Financial	$15.98B	1.59	$2.24B	$7.66	8.54
Banco Macro	$3.42T	0.00	$2.23B	$11.41	8.48

Which has more volatility and risk, SYF or BMA?

Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Macro has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SYF or BMA more profitable?

Banco Macro has a net margin of 15.12% compared to Synchrony Financial's net margin of 13.98%. Banco Macro's return on equity of 26.55% beat Synchrony Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synchrony Financial	13.98%	16.64%	1.96%
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%

Does the media favor SYF or BMA?

In the previous week, Synchrony Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Banco Macro. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Synchrony Financial and 11 mentions for Banco Macro. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Banco Macro's score of 0.47 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Synchrony Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Macro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend SYF or BMA?

Synchrony Financial presently has a consensus target price of $63.63, indicating a potential downside of 2.79%. Banco Macro has a consensus target price of $50.83, indicating a potential downside of 47.43%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Synchrony Financial is more favorable than Banco Macro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synchrony Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Banco Macro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Synchrony Financial beats Banco Macro on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.