NWG vs. MUFG, HDB, IBN, TD, SMFG, SAN, BMO, BBVA, ING, and CM
Should you be buying NatWest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NatWest Group include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), 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.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) and NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's net margin of 0.00%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 7.91% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NatWest Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. NatWest Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group received 146 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.36% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote while only 39.22% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group had 6 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and 0 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 0.93 indicating that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group beats NatWest Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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