Head to Head Survey: BB Seguridade Participacoes (BBSEY) & Its Rivals

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

Dividends

BB Seguridade Participacoes pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. BB Seguridade Participacoes pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.2% and pay out -92.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BB Seguridade Participacoes and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BB Seguridade Participacoes	$1.85 billion	$1.61 billion	7.53
BB Seguridade Participacoes Competitors	$6.43 billion	$1.09 billion	10.52

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.

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	88.25%	82.49%	43.38%
BB Seguridade Participacoes Competitors	-409.12%	-40.47%	-6.29%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of BB Seguridade Participacoes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

BB Seguridade Participacoes has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BB Seguridade Participacoes’ peers have a beta of 2.51, indicating that their average share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for BB Seguridade Participacoes and its peers, as reported 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	1988	6946	11713	446	2.50

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 6.28%. Given BB Seguridade Participacoes’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BB Seguridade Participacoes has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

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

BB Seguridade Participacoes Company Profile

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.