AXP vs. COIN, HSBC, MS, GS, RY, SCHW, WFC, MUFG, PGR, and C
Should you be buying American Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Express include Coinbase Global (COIN), HSBC (HSBC), Morgan Stanley (MS), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Progressive (PGR), and Citigroup (C). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) and American Express (NYSE:AXP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.41, indicating that its stock price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Express has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Express has higher revenue and earnings than Coinbase Global. American Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coinbase Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of American Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.2% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Express shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, American Express had 3 more articles in the media than Coinbase Global. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for American Express and 41 mentions for Coinbase Global. Coinbase Global's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat American Express' score of 0.66 indicating that American Express is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Express received 1047 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.41% of users gave American Express an outperform vote while only 42.20% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.
Coinbase Global presently has a consensus target price of $167.81, indicating a potential downside of 17.71%. American Express has a consensus target price of $209.52, indicating a potential downside of 10.51%. Given Coinbase Global's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Express is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
American Express has a net margin of 14.50% compared to American Express' net margin of 3.05%. Coinbase Global's return on equity of 32.46% beat American Express' return on equity.
Summary
American Express beats Coinbase Global on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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