BSAC vs. KB, BSBR, BAP, WF, AVAL, INTR, ITCLY, NTB, BLX, and PGC
Should you be buying Banco Santander-Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander-Chile include KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Credicorp (BAP), Woori Financial Group (WF), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Banco Itau Chile Spon (ITCLY), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), and Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) and Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
KB Financial Group received 1 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.14% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 54.45% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.
KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander-Chile. KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander-Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. KB Financial Group pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 48.7% 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. Banco Santander-Chile has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. KB Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held 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.
KB Financial Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Santander-Chile has a consensus target price of $19.97, indicating a potential upside of 5.76%. Given KB Financial Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Santander-Chile is more favorable than KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group has a net margin of 11.65% compared to KB Financial Group's net margin of 9.58%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 9.62% beat Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity.
In the previous week, KB Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for KB Financial Group and 3 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of 0.67 indicating that Banco Santander-Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
KB Financial Group beats Banco Santander-Chile on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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