Head to Head Contrast: BBVA Banco Frances (NYSE:BBAR) & FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW)

BBVA Banco Frances (NYSE:BBAR) and FinWise Bancorp (NASDAQ:FINW) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BBVA Banco Frances and FinWise Bancorp”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BBVA Banco Frances	$4.96 billion	0.63	$252.12 million	$1.02	15.00
FinWise Bancorp	$150.96 million	1.24	$16.09 million	$0.96	14.01

BBVA Banco Frances has higher revenue and earnings than FinWise Bancorp. FinWise Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BBVA Banco Frances, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for BBVA Banco Frances and FinWise Bancorp, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BBVA Banco Frances	0	4	1	2	2.71
FinWise Bancorp	1	2	2	0	2.20

BBVA Banco Frances currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.88%. FinWise Bancorp has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.83%. Given FinWise Bancorp’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FinWise Bancorp is more favorable than BBVA Banco Frances.

Profitability

This table compares BBVA Banco Frances and FinWise Bancorp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BBVA Banco Frances	4.16%	7.56%	1.10%
FinWise Bancorp	6.76%	7.04%	1.48%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of FinWise Bancorp shares are held 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.

Risk and Volatility

BBVA Banco Frances has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FinWise Bancorp has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BBVA Banco Frances beats FinWise Bancorp on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BBVA Banco Frances

Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. provides various banking products and services to individuals and companies in Argentina. The company provides retail banking products and services, such as checking and savings accounts, time deposits, credit cards financing, consumer and pledge loans, mortgages, insurance, and investment products to individuals; and small and medium-sized companies products and services, including financing products, factoring, checking accounts, time deposits, transactional and payroll services, insurance, and investment products to private-sector companies. It also provides corporate and investment banking products and services, such as global transaction services; global markets solutions comprising risk management and securities brokerage; long-term financing products, including project finance and syndicated loans; and corporate finance services comprising mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets advisory services to corporations and multinational companies. The company was formerly known as BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and changed its name to Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. in July 2019. Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. was incorporated in 1886 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

About FinWise Bancorp

FinWise Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for FinWise Bank that provides various banking products and services to individual and corporate customers in Utah. The company offers various deposit products, including interest and noninterest bearing demand accounts, health savings account demand deposits, NOW and money market accounts, and checking and savings accounts, as well as time deposits and certificates of deposits. It also provides loans, including consumer, small business administration, commercial, commercial real estate, and residential real estate loans. In addition, the company offers debit cards, remote deposit capture, online banking, mobile banking, and direct deposit services; and business accounts and cash management services, such as business checking and savings accounts, and treasury services. FinWise Bancorp was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Murray, Utah.