BSAC vs. WF, BCH, BAP, AVAL, BSBR, KB, NWG, KNSL, JLL, and FRT
Should you be buying Banco Santander-Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander-Chile include Woori Financial Group (WF), Banco de Chile (BCH), Credicorp (BAP), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), KB Financial Group (KB), NatWest Group (NWG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) and Woori Financial Group (NYSE:WF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Banco Santander-Chile had 2 more articles in the media than Woori Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile and 3 mentions for Woori Financial Group. Woori Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of -0.31 indicating that Woori Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Woori Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Woori Financial Group has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Banco Santander-Chile's net margin of 9.58%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 9.62% beat Woori Financial Group's return on equity.
Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woori Financial Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Santander-Chile currently has a consensus target price of $19.97, suggesting a potential upside of 10.50%. Given Banco Santander-Chile's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Banco Santander-Chile is more favorable than Woori Financial Group.
Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Woori Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woori Financial Group pays out 62.7% 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.
Woori Financial Group received 14 more outperform votes than Banco Santander-Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Woori Financial Group an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.
Woori Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander-Chile. Woori Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander-Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Woori Financial Group beats Banco Santander-Chile on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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