Financial Survey: Banco Comercial Portugues (BPCGY) vs. Its Peers

Banco Comercial Portugues (OTCMKTS:BPCGY) is one of 919 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Banco Comercial Portugues to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Comercial Portugues	N/A	N/A	N/A
Banco Comercial Portugues Competitors	15.64%	9.43%	0.93%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Banco Comercial Portugues and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Comercial Portugues	$5.82 billion	$980.79 million	13.46
Banco Comercial Portugues Competitors	$63.00 billion	$2.42 billion	20.07

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

Risk & Volatility

Banco Comercial Portugues has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Comercial Portugues’ peers have a beta of 0.61, indicating that their average share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Comercial Portugues	0	0	0	2	4.00
Banco Comercial Portugues Competitors	7470	30206	27779	1473	2.35

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 16.90%. Given Banco Comercial Portugues’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Comercial Portugues has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Banco Comercial Portugues pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Banco Comercial Portugues pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.2% and pay out 28.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.0% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Banco Comercial Portugues peers beat Banco Comercial Portugues on 11 of the 14 factors compared.

Banco Comercial Portugues Company Profile

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.