PRK vs. BSAC, UWMC, CIB, GGAL, WF, QFIN, COOP, OMF, UPST, and CADE
Should you be buying Park National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park National include Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), UWM (UWMC), Bancolombia (CIB), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Woori Financial Group (WF), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), OneMain (OMF), Upstart (UPST), and Cadence Bank (CADE). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Park National vs.
Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) and Park National (NYSE:PRK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Banco Santander-Chile received 258 more outperform votes than Park National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.09% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Park National an outperform vote.
Banco Santander-Chile presently has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.90%. Park National has a consensus target price of $154.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.81%. Given Banco Santander-Chile's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Santander-Chile is more favorable than Park National.
In the previous week, Park National had 11 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Park National and 4 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Banco Santander-Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Park National's score of -0.27 indicating that Banco Santander-Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Park National has a net margin of 23.46% compared to Banco Santander-Chile's net margin of 19.16%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat Park National's return on equity.
Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Park National pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Park National pays out 45.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park National has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Park National shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Park National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Santander-Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Park National. Banco Santander-Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Banco Santander-Chile beats Park National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRK) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
