Reviewing Banco Itaú Chile (NYSE:ITCL) and ANZ Group (OTCMKTS:ANZBY)

ANZ Group (OTCMKTS:ANZBY) and Banco Itaú Chile (NYSE:ITCL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Dividends

ANZ Group pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Banco Itaú Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Banco Itaú Chile pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ANZ Group and Banco Itaú Chile’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ANZ Group	$20.06 billion	2.39	$5.07 billion	N/A	N/A
Banco Itaú Chile	$1,476.98 billion	0.00	$487.62 million	$0.74	4.55

ANZ Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Itaú Chile.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for ANZ Group and Banco Itaú Chile, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ANZ Group	0	1	0	0	2.00
Banco Itaú Chile	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares ANZ Group and Banco Itaú Chile’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ANZ Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Banco Itaú Chile	12.17%	13.28%	1.08%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Banco Itaú Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ANZ Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Banco Itaú Chile beats ANZ Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ANZ Group

ANZ Group Holdings Limited provides various banking and financial products and services in Australia and internationally. It offers home and personal loans, deposits, and credit cards through the branch network, home loan specialists, contact centers, self-service channels, and third-party brokers, as well as financial planning services. It also provides asset financing for small business owners, medium and large commercial customers, high net worth individuals, and family groups. In addition, it offers documentary trade, supply chain and commodity financing, cash management solutions, deposits, payments, and clearing services; loan syndication, loan structuring and execution, project and export finance, debt structuring and acquisition finance, and corporate advisory services, as well as loan products; and risk management services. Further, the company provides banking and wealth management services to consumer, and private banking and small business banking customers through its Internet and app-based digital solutions, network of branches, mortgage specialists, relationship managers, and contact centers; and traditional relationship banking and financial solutions for small, medium, and large enterprises, agricultural business segments, and government and government-related entities. Additionally, it offers retail products, and traditional relationship banking and financial solutions. The company serves retail customers, small to medium-sized enterprises, institutional customers, and governments. The company was founded in 1835 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

About Banco Itaú Chile

Banco Itaú Chile provides banking services 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. The company offers checking accounts, and debit and credit card; credit line, consumer credit installments, mortgage credit, and universal consumer and university credit; and leasing and company credits including short term, fixed long term, and structured credit, as well as factoring, foreign trade exports, such as financing line agreement, import payment order, collection, and letter of credit, financing cash operation services. In addition, it provides warranty papers including financed, cash, and web guaranteed tickets; state guarantee services; insurance products, which includes car, home, life, covid19 insurance for workers, financial protection, and assists insurance. The company also offers investment, mutual funds, stock broking, pension savings, and ETF mutual funds; international cash management, cash pooling, secure and rolling from check, bill collection, online payroll, automatic bill payments, and PAC collection services; and fusion and acquisition, bill of commerce, corporate bonds, purchase and sale of currency, short-term liquidly investment, and derivatives. The company was incorporated in 1871 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. Banco Itaú Chile operates as a subsidiary of Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A.