CMA vs. BLX, WFC, USB, HBAN, RF, KEY, SHG, FHN, WBS, and PNFP
Should you be buying Comerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comerica include Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Comerica vs.
Comerica (NYSE:CMA) and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (NYSE:BLX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Comerica currently has a consensus price target of $68.57, suggesting a potential upside of 1.53%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.32%. Given Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is more favorable than Comerica.
Comerica has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
80.7% of Comerica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Comerica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Comerica pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Comerica pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays out 36.6% 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. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a net margin of 24.29% compared to Comerica's net margin of 13.98%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s return on equity of 16.01% beat Comerica's return on equity.
Comerica has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comerica received 647 more outperform votes than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.74% of users gave Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave Comerica an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Comerica had 7 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Comerica and 3 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Comerica's score of 0.78 indicating that Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. beats Comerica on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMA) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
