SHG vs. USB, PNC, COF, TFC, HBAN, RF, KEY, FHN, WBS, and CMA
Should you be buying Shinhan Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shinhan Financial Group include U.S. Bancorp (USB), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Capital One Financial (COF), Truist Financial (TFC), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and Comerica (CMA). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE:SHG) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Shinhan Financial Group has a net margin of 12.76% compared to U.S. Bancorp's net margin of 12.13%. U.S. Bancorp's return on equity of 13.93% beat Shinhan Financial Group's return on equity.
U.S. Bancorp received 497 more outperform votes than Shinhan Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.66% of users gave Shinhan Financial Group an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote.
U.S. Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shinhan Financial Group. Shinhan Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
7.8% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, U.S. Bancorp had 16 more articles in the media than Shinhan Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for U.S. Bancorp and 3 mentions for Shinhan Financial Group. U.S. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Shinhan Financial Group's score of 0.20 indicating that U.S. Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shinhan Financial Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Shinhan Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Shinhan Financial Group pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Bancorp pays out 64.9% 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.
U.S. Bancorp has a consensus price target of $46.02, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. Given U.S. Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Shinhan Financial Group.
Summary
U.S. Bancorp beats Shinhan Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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