MUFG vs. HDB, TD, RY, IBN, SMFG, SAN, BMO, BBVA, ING, and CM
Should you be buying Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group include HDFC Bank (HDB), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ING Groep (ING), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
HDFC Bank received 244 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.13% of users gave HDFC Bank an outperform vote while only 64.36% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.
HDFC Bank has a net margin of 15.71% compared to HDFC Bank's net margin of 12.68%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity of 15.45% beat HDFC Bank's return on equity.
HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HDFC Bank pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HDFC Bank has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, HDFC Bank had 12 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for HDFC Bank and 2 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. HDFC Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 0.82 indicating that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than HDFC Bank. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HDFC Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HDFC Bank beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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