BLX vs. NTB, PGC, ESQ, ITCL, GAM, UMH, ALX, MFA, CSWC, and NRDS
Should you be buying Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. include Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Peapack-Gladstone Financial (PGC), Esquire Financial (ESQ), Banco Itaú Chile (ITCL), General American Investors (GAM), UMH Properties (UMH), Alexander's (ALX), MFA Financial (MFA), Capital Southwest (CSWC), and NerdWallet (NRDS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) and Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (NYSE:BLX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son currently has a consensus target price of $35.80, indicating a potential upside of 5.11%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.21%. Given Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is more favorable than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a net margin of 27.95% compared to Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's net margin of 23.34%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s return on equity of 23.18% beat Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's return on equity.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son received 27 more outperform votes than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.03% of users gave Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son an outperform vote while only 53.65% of users gave Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. an outperform vote.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays out 40.5% 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 Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son 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 Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.7% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son had 20 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son and 5 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s score of 0.28 indicating that Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BLX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BLX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
