NTB vs. BLX, AVAL, RLJ, STC, OFG, FBK, UPBD, NAVI, GSBD, and CLBK
Should you be buying Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son include Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Stewart Information Services (STC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), FB Financial (FBK), Upbound Group (UPBD), Navient (NAVI), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and Columbia Financial (CLBK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (NYSE:BLX) and Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son pays out 39.6% 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. 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.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. currently has a consensus target price of $37.33, suggesting a potential upside of 22.85%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a consensus target price of $35.80, suggesting a potential upside of 1.22%. Given Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's higher possible upside, equities research 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 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 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.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son had 3 more articles in the media than Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son and 0 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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