Banco Macro (BMA) Competitors

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

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 1.8%. Banco Macro pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Synchrony Financial pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Macro pays out 46.3% 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 insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SYF or BMA?

96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Banco Macro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SYF or BMA?

Synchrony Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Macro. Synchrony Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Macro, 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	$16.13B	1.35	$3.50B	$8.54	6.54
Banco Macro	$3.23T	0.00	$2.23B	$11.41	7.45

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SYF or BMA?

Synchrony Financial received 519 more outperform votes than Banco Macro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.30% 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 857 70.30%	Underperform Votes 362 29.70%
Banco Macro	Outperform Votes 338 62.83%	Underperform Votes 200 37.17%

Does the media favor SYF or BMA?

In the previous week, Synchrony Financial had 27 more articles in the media than Banco Macro. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Synchrony Financial and 2 mentions for Banco Macro. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Banco Macro's score of 0.89 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	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Macro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SYF or BMA?

Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Macro has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SYF or BMA more profitable?

Synchrony Financial has a net margin of 15.36% compared to Banco Macro's net margin of 15.12%. 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	15.36%	18.30%	2.23%
Banco Macro	15.12%	26.55%	7.77%

Do analysts prefer SYF or BMA?

Synchrony Financial presently has a consensus price target of $68.10, indicating a potential upside of 21.93%. Banco Macro has a consensus price target of $50.83, indicating a potential downside of 40.16%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
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.