Contrasting Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT) & Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (OTCMKTS:GBOOY)

Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT) and Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (OTCMKTS:GBOOY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Brookfield Wealth Solutions and Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	$11.63 billion	1.32	$766.00 million	$0.25	181.30
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV	$21.89 billion	1.46	$3.07 billion	$5.93	9.59

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Wealth Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV pays an annual dividend of $4.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV pays out 73.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Brookfield Wealth Solutions and Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0.16%	0.10%	0.01%
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV	14.97%	22.25%	2.27%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Brookfield Wealth Solutions and Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0	1	0	0	2.00
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV	0	1	0	0	2.00

Summary

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brookfield Wealth Solutions

Brookfield Wealth Solutions is focused on securing the financial futures of individuals and institutions through a range of retirement services, wealth protection products and tailored capital solutions. Through our operating subsidiaries, we offer a broad range of insurance products and services, including annuities, personal and commercial property and casualty insurance and life insurance.The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

About Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV

Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of banking and financial products and services in Mexico and internationally. The company accepts checking, current, retirement, and payroll accounts; and provides loans, including mortgage, car, payroll, personal, structured, syndicated, SME loans, and credit cards, as well as letter of credit financing, acquisition funding, and import and export foreign trade financing. It is also involved in investment planning, foreign currency purchase/sale, financial advice, brokerage, asset management, investment banking, letters of credit, bank guarantees, and leasing and factoring activities. In addition, the company sells mutual funds and debt and capital instruments; issues debit cards; and provides insurance services for car, home, life, medical, employee, and SMEs, as well as cash management services for collection, trustees, payroll, and lines of credit. Further, it provides online banking, POS, payment, reconciliation, documentary collection, import bills of exchange discount, International wire transfer, remittances, storage, inventory management, logistics, marketing, and payroll services. The company was founded in 1899 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.