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Banco de Chile (BCH)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Santiago, Chile | NYSE
41.51 USD +1.12 (2.773%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 41.59 +0.08 (0.183%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:18 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★★
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:27 a.m. EDT

Banco de Chile offers a compelling asymmetric setup. The validation at the $50 strike for a July expiration—up 20.5% from recent OI levels—combined with the stock trading 22% below that target suggests a bullish view may be building before the next earnings cycle. While short-term speculators are buying puts to cap downside (highlighted by surging near-term IV), the medium-term options flow pricing in a rally to $50 before July is a strong signal. With a secure double-digit yield and a price white space between current levels ($41.51) and the July options aggregate center ($50), the risk/reward heavily favors a buy-and-hold entry.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.123452
AutoETS0.229689
AutoARIMA0.231146
MSTL0.239904

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 19.17
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.096
Excess Kurtosis -1.17
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-29
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-29
Market Cap 20,966,094,848
Trailing P/E 15.55
Forward P/E 13.29
Beta 0.15
Profit Margins 45.09%
Website https://bancochile.cl

As of April 19, 2026, 12:27 a.m. EDT: The options data reveals a divergence between near-term and medium-term sentiment. For the April 17, 2026, expiration (5 days out), ATM and OTM put volume and OI are elevated with high IV (2.06), suggesting speculators are positioning for downside support or hedging, while OTM calls show minimal positioning. However, looking at the July 17, 2026, expiration, there is a distinct bullish bias: significant OI and volume (20.5% distribution increase) at the $50 strike call, with even more concentration (32.5% distribution increase) at the $55 strike. This structure (bull call spread or long stride mechanics) implies a net-long positioning for a medium-term rise, despite the immediate protection bought at the front end.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
6.13% 6.13% 7.91% 9.26%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-30 2.183000 6.128580
2025-03-21 2.104000 8.464381
2024-03-21 1.692000 9.137271
2023-03-16 2.079000 13.788212
2022-03-24 1.331000 8.768570
2021-03-26 0.607000 3.874631
2020-03-27 0.835000 8.235147
2019-03-21 1.058000 5.672448
2018-03-28 1.039333 5.197192
2017-03-15 0.900333 6.414139
2016-03-16 0.972317 8.420241
2015-03-18 1.066223 9.244936
2014-03-28 1.168150 9.617440
2013-03-26 1.357646 9.430107
2013-01-17 0.078097 0.544341
2012-03-22 1.128555 8.466374
2011-05-12 0.087991 0.720910
2011-03-09 1.123649 9.726040
2010-03-17 1.196004 15.421909
2009-03-18 0.713740 16.550555
2008-03-17 1.394367 21.742693
2007-08-06 0.071129 1.408111
2007-03-14 0.678482 14.063912
2006-03-15 0.107919 2.606241
2005-03-09 0.728456 20.298703
2004-03-10 0.593863 20.614128
2003-03-12 0.187019 12.566421
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.19
dividendYield 5.27
exDividendDate 2026-03-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 2.183
lastDividendDate 2026-03-30
dividendDate 2026-04-13

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.46161973
Address1 Ahumada 251
All Time High 46.77
All Time Low 4.414884
Ask 41.34
Ask Size 500
Average Analyst Rating 2.8 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 533,610
Average Daily Volume3 Month 444,316
Average Volume 444,316
Average Volume10Days 533,610
Beta 0.152
Bid 41.46
Bid Size 200
Book Value 56.243
City Santiago
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country Chile
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 41.51
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 42.2
Day Low 41.18
Dividend Date 1,776,038,400
Dividend Rate 2.19
Dividend Yield 5.27
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,085,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,085,000
Earnings Growth -0.109
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.109
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,579,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,579,200
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Eps Current Year 2.76298
Eps Forward 3.12342
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.67
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,828,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 56 22 637 3434
Fifty Day Average 40.0256
Fifty Day Average Change 1.4843979
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03708621
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 46.161972
Fifty Two Week High 46.77
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.260002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.1124653
Fifty Two Week Low 27.08
Fifty Two Week Low Change 14.429998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.5328655
Fifty Two Week Range 27.08 - 46.77
Financial Currency CLP
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,028,295,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 6.79
Float Shares 34,696,336,850
Forward Eps 3.12342
Forward P E 13.289919
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 11,156
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0
Held Percent Institutions 0.025810001
Implied Shares Outstanding 505,085,406
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,828,800
Last Dividend Value 2.183
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,542,931,200
Last Split Factor 3:1
Long Business Summary Banco de Chile, together with its subsidiaries, provides commercial banking services in Chile. It operates through four segments: Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, Treasury, and Subsidiaries. The company offers current account and digital student plans; digital and checking accounts; mortgage loans; credit and debit cards; consumer credit; applications; deposits and savings; financing; autoleasing; online payments; cell phone top-ups; foreign currency; and income accreditation. It also provides insurance products, including journey, health, protection, home, life, and automotive; and investments, such as mutual, investment, and APV funds, stocks, fixed income, and derivative products. In addition, the company offers cash management comprising mass and easy payments, collection, and fund transfers; foreign trade, which includes imports, exports, international network products, Banchile international transport insurance, and customs guarantee insurance; and other services, such as bank connection, financial portability, digital VAT and signature, financial advice, and SME program. It serves individuals, private entities, companies, and small and medium-sized enterprises. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.
Long Name Banco de Chile
Market us_market
Market Cap 20,966,094,848
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_689995
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 20,889,322,208
Number Of Analyst Opinions 13
Open 41.25
Operating Margins 0.0
Payout Ratio 0.8375
Peg Ratio 9.66
Phone 56 22 637 1111
Post Market Change 0.07600021
Post Market Change Percent 0.18308893
Post Market Price 41.586
Post Market Time 1,776,464,281
Previous Close 40.39
Price Eps Current Year 15.023633
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.73804736
Profit Margins 0.45091
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.84615
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.12
Regular Market Change Percent 2.77296
Regular Market Day High 42.2
Regular Market Day Low 41.18
Regular Market Day Range 41.18 - 42.2
Regular Market Open 41.25
Regular Market Previous Close 40.39
Regular Market Price 41.51
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,003
Regular Market Volume 1,226,328
Return On Assets 0.022449998
Return On Equity 0.20876
Revenue Growth -0.062
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 505,085,406
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0013
Shares Short 641,355
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 562,386
Short Name Banco De Chile
Short Percent Of Float 0.0028
Short Ratio 1.51
Source Interval 15
Symbol BCH
Target High Price 46.914
Target Low Price 21.0
Target Mean Price 38.53185
Target Median Price 41.9
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 2.67
Trailing P E 15.546816
Trailing Peg Ratio 9.9229
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 35.36805
Two Hundred Day Average Change 6.1419487
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.17365812
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,226,328
Website https://bancochile.cl