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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), Enova International (ENVA), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Upbound Group (UPBD), OFG Bancorp (OFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI), and NBT Bancorp (NBTB). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
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.
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. presently has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.01%. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son has a consensus target price of $35.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.47%. Given Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is more favorable than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son.
In the previous week, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. had 2 more articles in the media than Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. and 1 mentions for Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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. has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share 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 share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
19.5% of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son beats Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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