Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR) Competitors

Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) and Banco Santander Brasil (NYSE:BSBR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, BNS or BSBR?

Bank of Nova Scotia has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander Brasil has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BNS or BSBR more profitable?

Bank of Nova Scotia has a net margin of 8.83% compared to Banco Santander Brasil's net margin of 6.97%. Bank of Nova Scotia's return on equity of 11.27% beat Banco Santander Brasil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of Nova Scotia	8.83%	11.27%	0.60%
Banco Santander Brasil	6.97%	9.57%	0.93%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BNS or BSBR?

49.1% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Banco Santander Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Banco Santander Brasil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend BNS or BSBR?

Bank of Nova Scotia presently has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.07%. Banco Santander Brasil has a consensus price target of $5.35, indicating a potential upside of 7.21%. Given Bank of Nova Scotia's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bank of Nova Scotia is more favorable than Banco Santander Brasil.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of Nova Scotia	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Banco Santander Brasil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is BNS or BSBR a better dividend stock?

Bank of Nova Scotia pays an annual dividend of $3.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Banco Santander Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays out 94.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Banco Santander Brasil pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Nova Scotia has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Bank of Nova Scotia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BNS or BSBR?

Bank of Nova Scotia has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander Brasil. Banco Santander Brasil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Nova Scotia, 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
Bank of Nova Scotia	$55.90B	1.26	$5.70B	$3.41	16.60
Banco Santander Brasil	$25.44B	0.73	$2.48B	$0.81	6.16

Does the media refer more to BNS or BSBR?

In the previous week, Bank of Nova Scotia had 22 more articles in the media than Banco Santander Brasil. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Bank of Nova Scotia and 2 mentions for Banco Santander Brasil. Bank of Nova Scotia's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Banco Santander Brasil's score of -0.20 indicating that Bank of Nova Scotia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of Nova Scotia	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander Brasil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Bank of Nova Scotia beats Banco Santander Brasil on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.