IFS vs. BCH, ALLY, GGAL, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, BMA, OMF, and CADE
Should you be buying Intercorp Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intercorp Financial Services include Banco de Chile (BCH), Ally Financial (ALLY), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), UWM (UWMC), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Banco Macro (BMA), OneMain (OMF), and Cadence Bank (CADE). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Intercorp Financial Services vs.
Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) and Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Banco de Chile has a net margin of 30.00% compared to Intercorp Financial Services' net margin of 18.00%. Banco de Chile's return on equity of 22.69% beat Intercorp Financial Services' return on equity.
Banco de Chile currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.53%. Intercorp Financial Services has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.56%. Given Intercorp Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intercorp Financial Services is more favorable than Banco de Chile.
In the previous week, Banco de Chile had 2 more articles in the media than Intercorp Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Banco de Chile and 1 mentions for Intercorp Financial Services. Intercorp Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Banco de Chile's score of 0.56 indicating that Intercorp Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Intercorp Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banco de Chile pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intercorp Financial Services pays out 37.3% 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.
Banco de Chile has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intercorp Financial Services has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.2% of Banco de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Banco de Chile shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco de Chile received 231 more outperform votes than Intercorp Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.87% of users gave Banco de Chile an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Intercorp Financial Services an outperform vote.
Banco de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Intercorp Financial Services. Banco de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intercorp Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Banco de Chile beats Intercorp Financial Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IFS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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