BLK vs. SCHW, GS, MS, IBKR, C, HDB, MUFG, PGR, TD, and CB
Should you be buying BlackRock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock include Charles Schwab (SCHW), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Citigroup (C), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Progressive (PGR), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), and Chubb (CB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
BlackRock has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Charles Schwab. BlackRock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Charles Schwab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BlackRock had 16 more articles in the media than Charles Schwab. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for BlackRock and 41 mentions for Charles Schwab. Charles Schwab's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat BlackRock's score of 0.44 indicating that Charles Schwab is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock received 248 more outperform votes than Charles Schwab when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Charles Schwab an outperform vote.
BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Charles Schwab pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. BlackRock pays out 51.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Charles Schwab pays out 41.8% 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.
80.7% of BlackRock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Charles Schwab shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of BlackRock shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Charles Schwab shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock has a net margin of 32.26% compared to Charles Schwab's net margin of 26.14%. Charles Schwab's return on equity of 19.86% beat BlackRock's return on equity.
BlackRock currently has a consensus price target of $845.42, suggesting a potential upside of 10.82%. Charles Schwab has a consensus price target of $74.47, suggesting a potential downside of 0.69%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Charles Schwab.
BlackRock has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charles Schwab has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BlackRock beats Charles Schwab on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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