Comparing Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi (OTCMKTS:AKBTY) & Bank of East Asia (OTCMKTS:BKEAY)

Bank of East Asia (OTCMKTS:BKEAY) and Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi (OTCMKTS:AKBTY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bank of East Asia and Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank of East Asia	$4.96 billion	0.90	$449.18 million	N/A	N/A
Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi	$19.70 billion	0.43	$1.45 billion	$0.58	5.66

Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of East Asia.

Dividends

Bank of East Asia pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Bank of East Asia and Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of East Asia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi	7.87%	21.12%	1.83%

Risk and Volatility

Bank of East Asia has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Bank of East Asia and Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of East Asia	0	1	0	0	2.00
Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi beats Bank of East Asia on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bank of East Asia

The Bank of East Asia, Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking and related financial services. Its personal banking services include corporate, individual, savings, current, time deposit, and supreme accounts; and time deposits, foreign currency deposits, MAS services, and auto-payroll products, as well as safe deposit boxes and remittance services. The company also provides corporate banking services, such as SME loans and financing guarantee schemes; corporate and commercial financing products, including syndicated and construction loans, acquisition and structured financing, working capital financing, share financing and IPO-related loans, and commercial mortgages; trade finance services and expert trade solutions; factoring services; import and export trade finance; guarantee services; eTradeConnect that allows buyers and sellers to connect, transact, share information, and submit applications for financing through a single platform; cash management services; corporate wealth management products; foreign exchange and treasury products; and marine cargo, property, trade credit, employee compensation, life, savings, and endowment insurance plans. In addition, it offers private banking services comprising investment advisory services; investment solutions, such as unit trusts, linked deposits, currency trading and management, global equities and bonds investments, structured products, and options and derivatives; portfolio management services; securities and futures broking services; cyber banking, credit cards, and ATM; and various international services. The company operates outlets in Hong Kong, rest of Greater China, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Bank of East Asia, Limited was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.

About Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi

Akbank T.A.S., together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services in Turkey and internationally. It operates through Consumer Banking and Private Banking; Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking, and SME Banking; and Treasury, Other, and Unallovated segments. The company’s consumer banking services comprise deposit accounts, retail loans, commercial installment loans, credit cards, insurance products, and asset management services, as well as bank cards, investment funds trading, automatic payment, foreign currency trading, safe deposit box rental, cheques, money transfer, investment banking, and telephone and internet banking. It also offers services to large, medium, and small size corporate and commercial customers that include Turkish Lira (TL) and foreign currency denominated working capital loans financing for investments, foreign trade financing, derivative instruments for hedging purposes of foreign currency and interest risk, letters of credit, foreign currency trading, corporate finance, and deposit and cash management services, as well as project finance loans; and working capital management, delivering cash management services based on customers’ requests, such as collection and payment services, and liquidity and information management. In addition, the company engages in treasury activities consisting of TL and foreign currency spot and forward transactions, treasury and government bonds, Eurobonds, and private sector bond transactions, as well as derivative trading activities; and marketing and pricing activities related to treasury products. Further, it provides financial leasing services, investment and pension funds management, and portfolio management, as well as offers payment services and issues electronic money. Akbank T.A.S. was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.