BB Seguridade Participacoes (BBSEY) vs. Its Peers Head-To-Head Review

BB Seguridade Participacoes (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) is one of 341 public companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare BB Seguridade Participacoes to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

BB Seguridade Participacoes has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BB Seguridade Participacoes’ peers have a beta of 2.50, meaning that their average stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

BB Seguridade Participacoes pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. BB Seguridade Participacoes pays out 73.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.1% and pay out -89.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of BB Seguridade Participacoes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares BB Seguridade Participacoes and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BB Seguridade Participacoes	87.94%	79.22%	43.59%
BB Seguridade Participacoes Competitors	-409.42%	-15.09%	-6.08%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for BB Seguridade Participacoes and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BB Seguridade Participacoes	1	3	0	0	1.75
BB Seguridade Participacoes Competitors	1974	6880	11624	443	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 4.03%. Given BB Seguridade Participacoes’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BB Seguridade Participacoes has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BB Seguridade Participacoes and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BB Seguridade Participacoes	$1.85 billion	$1.61 billion	8.17
BB Seguridade Participacoes Competitors	$6.69 billion	$1.09 billion	8.52

BB Seguridade Participacoes’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than BB Seguridade Participacoes. BB Seguridade Participacoes 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.

Summary

BB Seguridade Participacoes peers beat BB Seguridade Participacoes on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About BB Seguridade Participacoes

BB Seguridade Participações S.A., through its subsidiaries operates in the insurance, pension plans, and bonds, businesses in Brazil. The company operates through Security and Brokerage segments. The Security segment offers life, property, rural, special risks and financial, transport, hulls, and housing people insurance products. It also offers pension plans, dental, and capitalization plans. The Brokerage segment engages in the brokerage, management, and promotion of pension plans, capitalization, capitalization, and dental plans. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Brasilia, Brazil. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Banco do Brasil S.A.