Contrasting Banco Itau Chile Spon (ITCLY) and Its Peers

Banco Itau Chile Spon (NASDAQ:ITCLY) is one of 69 public companies in the “Commercial banks, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Banco Itau Chile Spon to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and earnings.

Dividends

Banco Itau Chile Spon pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Banco Itau Chile Spon pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Commercial banks, not elsewhere classified” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 29.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Itau Chile Spon is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Banco Itau Chile Spon and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Itau Chile Spon	10.54%	10.65%	0.91%
Banco Itau Chile Spon Competitors	15.94%	12.79%	1.24%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Banco Itau Chile Spon and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Itau Chile Spon	0	0	0	0	N/A
Banco Itau Chile Spon Competitors	723	2421	2412	124	2.34

As a group, “Commercial banks, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 35.77%. Given Banco Itau Chile Spon’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Itau Chile Spon has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.2% of Banco Itau Chile Spon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of shares of all “Commercial banks, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of shares of all “Commercial banks, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Banco Itau Chile Spon and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Itau Chile Spon	$3.99 billion	$423.68 million	4.70
Banco Itau Chile Spon Competitors	$107.95 billion	$3.15 billion	10.77

Banco Itau Chile Spon’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Banco Itau Chile Spon. Banco Itau Chile Spon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Banco Itau Chile Spon competitors beat Banco Itau Chile Spon on 9 of the 11 factors compared.

About Banco Itau Chile Spon

Banco Ita? Chile provides banking services principally in Chile and Colombia. It provides wholesale and corporate banking; real estate and construction and retail, private, companies and personal banking services, as well as treasury and other financial services. Banco Ita? Chile, formerly known as Ita? Corpbanca, is based in Santiago, Chile.