Oversea-Chinese Banking (OTCMKTS:OVCHY) vs. Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi (OTCMKTS:AKBTY) Head to Head Review

Oversea-Chinese Banking (OTCMKTS:OVCHY) and Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi (OTCMKTS:AKBTY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Oversea-Chinese Banking and Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oversea-Chinese Banking	N/A	N/A	N/A
Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi	7.56%	21.46%	1.84%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Oversea-Chinese Banking and Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oversea-Chinese Banking	$19.55 billion	4.07	$5.68 billion	N/A	N/A
Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi	$19.70 billion	0.46	$1.45 billion	$0.56	6.21

Oversea-Chinese Banking has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Oversea-Chinese Banking and Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oversea-Chinese Banking	0	1	0	0	2.00
Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi	0	0	0	0	0.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of Oversea-Chinese Banking shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Oversea-Chinese Banking has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Oversea-Chinese Banking pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi pays out 14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Oversea-Chinese Banking beats Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oversea-Chinese Banking

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited engages in the provision of financial services in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Greater China, rest of the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company's Global Consumer/Private Banking segment provides products and services to individual customers, including checking accounts, and savings and fixed deposits; housing and other personal loans; credit cards; wealth management products consisting of unit trusts, banc assurance products, and structured deposits; and brokerage services. This segment also offers investment advice and portfolio management, estate and trust planning, and wealth structuring services for high-net-worth individuals. Its Global Wholesale Banking segment provides long-term project financing, short-term credit, working capital, and trade financing; customized and structured equity-linked financing products; cash management and custodian services; capital market solutions; corporate finance and advisory banking services; and treasury products. This segment serves corporates, public sector, and small and medium enterprises. The company's Global Markets segment is involved in the foreign exchange activities, money market operations, and fixed income and derivatives trading, as well as structured treasury products and financial solutions. Its Insurance segment provides fund management services, and life and general insurance products. The company's Others segment is involved in property and investment holding activities. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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.