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.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) and HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, HDFC Bank had 13 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for HDFC Bank and 2 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat HDFC Bank's score of 0.85 indicating that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HDFC Bank pays out 18.4% 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.
HDFC Bank has a net margin of 15.71% compared to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's net margin of 12.68%. HDFC Bank's return on equity of 15.45% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.
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.
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 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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