Critical Survey: Grupo Supervielle (SUPV) and The Competition

Grupo Supervielle (NYSE:SUPV) is one of 920 publicly-traded companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Grupo Supervielle to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Grupo Supervielle and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grupo Supervielle	$1.65 billion	-$38.87 million	-10.25
Grupo Supervielle Competitors	$213.23 billion	$2.41 billion	18.87

Grupo Supervielle’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Grupo Supervielle. Grupo Supervielle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Grupo Supervielle and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Supervielle	1	3	2	1	2.43
Grupo Supervielle Competitors	7457	30157	27705	1451	2.35

Grupo Supervielle presently has a consensus price target of $13.17, suggesting a potential upside of 103.82%. As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 17.29%. Given Grupo Supervielle’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grupo Supervielle is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Grupo Supervielle has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Supervielle’s rivals have a beta of 0.60, suggesting that their average stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Grupo Supervielle and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Supervielle	-3.60%	-2.67%	-0.35%
Grupo Supervielle Competitors	15.38%	9.45%	0.93%

Summary

Grupo Supervielle rivals beat Grupo Supervielle on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Grupo Supervielle

Grupo Supervielle S.A., a financial services holding company, provides various banking products and services in Argentina. The company operates through Personal & Business Banking, Corporate Banking, Bank Treasury, Consumer Finance, Insurance, and Asset Management and Other Services segments. It offers savings accounts, time and demand deposits, and checking accounts; various loan products, including personal, consumer, mortgage, unsecured, and car loans; overdrafts; loans with special facilities for project and working capital financing; and leasing, bank guarantees for tenants, salary advances, domestic and international factoring, international guarantees and letters of credit, payroll payment plans, credit and debit cards, and senior citizens benefit payment services, as well as financial services and investments, such as mutual funds and guarantees. The company also provides foreign trade and cash management; advisory services; treasury services; insurance products comprising life, home, personal accidents, technology, ATMs, protected bag, and protected content; and asset management and other services, as well as operates as a digital online broker. It operates through a network of bank branches, ATMs, and self-service terminals, as well as ATMs with biometric identification. The company was formerly known as Inversiones y Participaciones S.A. and changed its name to Grupo Supervielle S.A. in November 2008. Grupo Supervielle S.A. was founded in 1887 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.