Critical Comparison: Banco Comercial Portugues (BPCGY) versus Its Competitors

Banco Comercial Portugues (OTCMKTS:BPCGY) is one of 86 publicly-traded companies in the “BANKS – FOREIGN” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Banco Comercial Portugues to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Banco Comercial Portugues has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Comercial Portugues’ rivals have a beta of 0.78, suggesting that their average stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

25.4% of shares of all “BANKS – FOREIGN” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of shares of all “BANKS – FOREIGN” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Banco Comercial Portugues and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Comercial Portugues	15.89%	9.44%	0.76%
Banco Comercial Portugues Competitors	17.41%	12.84%	1.08%

Dividends

Banco Comercial Portugues pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Banco Comercial Portugues pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “BANKS – FOREIGN” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.3% and pay out 36.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Banco Comercial Portugues and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Comercial Portugues	0	1	0	1	3.00
Banco Comercial Portugues Competitors	1303	4275	4573	260	2.36

As a group, “BANKS – FOREIGN” companies have a potential upside of 13.98%. Given Banco Comercial Portugues’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Comercial Portugues has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Banco Comercial Portugues and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Comercial Portugues	$5.82 billion	$980.79 million	9.99
Banco Comercial Portugues Competitors	$1,330.17 billion	$6.67 billion	11.64

Banco Comercial Portugues’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Banco Comercial Portugues. Banco Comercial Portugues is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Banco Comercial Portugues rivals beat Banco Comercial Portugues on 12 of the 15 factors compared.

About Banco Comercial Portugues

Banco Comercial Português, S.A., a private sector bank, engages in the provision of various banking and financial products and services in Portugal and internationally. It operates through Retail Banking; Companies, Corporate & Investment Banking; Private Banking; Foreign Business; and Other segments. It offers a range of financial products and services, including current accounts, payment systems, savings and investment products, private banking, asset management, and investment banking services, such as mortgage loans, personal loans, commercial banking, leasing, factoring and insurance, and others. The company is also involved in the provision of investment fund and real estate management, e-commerce, web portal, real estate investment fund, trade finance, trust, consulting, brokerage, marketing, and real estate services, as well as internet, telephone, and mobile banking services. Banco Comercial Português, S.A. was incorporated in 1985 and is based in Porto, Portugal.