C vs. UBS, USB, PNC, TFC, MUFG, PGR, BLK, CB, SCHW, and HDB
Should you be buying Citigroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citigroup include UBS Group (UBS), U.S. Bancorp (USB), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Progressive (PGR), BlackRock (BLK), Chubb (CB), Charles Schwab (SCHW), and HDFC Bank (HDB).
Citigroup (NYSE:C) and UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
UBS Group has a net margin of 39.78% compared to Citigroup's net margin of 4.90%. UBS Group's return on equity of 7.78% beat Citigroup's return on equity.
In the previous week, Citigroup had 39 more articles in the media than UBS Group. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Citigroup and 11 mentions for UBS Group. UBS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Citigroup's score of 0.06 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UBS Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Citigroup. UBS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citigroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.7% of Citigroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Citigroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of UBS Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Citigroup currently has a consensus price target of $62.85, indicating a potential downside of 0.26%. Given Citigroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Citigroup is more favorable than UBS Group.
Citigroup has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBS Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Citigroup pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Citigroup pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UBS Group pays out 2.5% 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.
UBS Group received 479 more outperform votes than Citigroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.22% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote while only 47.23% of users gave Citigroup an outperform vote.
Summary
Citigroup beats UBS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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