Bladex vs Esquire Financial
BLX and ESQ side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BLX and ESQ compare
Esquire Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (30.8% versus 11.8% for Bladex).
Esquire Financial pays a dividend yielding 0.74%; Bladex does not pay one.
Esquire Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 3 for Bladex), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BLX | ESQ |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $1.6B |
| Share price | $50.55 | $131.81 |
| Change, 1 year | 12.7% | 32.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 208% | 281% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.59 | 0.54 |
| Employees | 114 | 151 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 21.9× |
| P/S | – | 8.7× |
| P/B | – | 2.0× |
| P/FCF | – | 25.3× |
| PEG | – | 1.15 |
| FCF yield | – | 4.0% |
| Fair value | – | $99.55 |
| Margin of safety | – | −32.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.8% | 30.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 27.9% (better) | 23.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 14.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 9.1% (better) | 5.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 30.7% (better) | 28.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 100% | – |
| Net margin | – | 30.6% |
| FCF margin | – | 34.5% |
| Return on equity | – | 10.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.95 | – |
| Interest coverage | 0.7× | – |
| Altman Z-score | – | 0.34 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.74% |
| Payout ratio | – | 13.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 3 |
| Shareholder yield | – | 0.74% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | – | 52.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.32% | 11.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $272K (better) | −$9.1M |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.1% | 11.8% |
Go deeper
- BLX stock overview
- BLX income statement
- BLX valuation and score
- ESQ stock overview
- ESQ income statement
- ESQ valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.