SMFG vs. SAN, IBN, BMO, TD, BBVA, ING, HDB, CM, LYG, and MUFG
Should you be buying Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group include Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ING Groep (ING), HDFC Bank (HDB), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) and Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
3.9% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 14.98% compared to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's net margin of 10.32%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 10.95% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 29.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 19.4% 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. Banco Santander is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Banco Santander has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Banco Santander had 3 more articles in the media than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Banco Santander and 3 mentions for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.45 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Banco Santander received 320 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote while only 49.69% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Banco Santander beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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