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Citizens Financial Group (CFG) Competitors

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$42.12
-0.58 (-1.36%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

CFG vs. SAN, NU, BNS, ITUB, CM, ING, BBVA, MFG, BCS, and NWG

Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Banco Santander (SAN), NU (NU), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Itaú Unibanco (ITUB), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Barclays (BCS), and NatWest Group (NWG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Citizens Financial Group vs.

Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) and Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Citizens Financial Group pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 20.8% 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.

Citizens Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $43.80, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Citizens Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Citizens Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Banco Santander has a net margin of 15.35% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 10.74%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 11.42% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Citizens Financial Group10.74% 6.21% 0.61%
Banco Santander 15.35%11.42%0.66%

94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Banco Santander received 44 more outperform votes than Citizens Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.04% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Citizens Financial GroupOutperform Votes
528
62.04%
Underperform Votes
323
37.96%
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
572
49.87%
Underperform Votes
575
50.13%

In the previous week, Banco Santander had 20 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Banco Santander and 5 mentions for Citizens Financial Group. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.35 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Citizens Financial Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banco Santander
6 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens Financial Group. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Citizens Financial Group$7.81B2.49$1.61B$2.7615.47
Banco Santander$62.45B1.24$11.99B$0.776.34

Summary

Banco Santander beats Citizens Financial Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CFG vs. The Competition

MetricCitizens Financial GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.43B$3.19B$9.76B$19.34B
Dividend Yield4.05%3.76%10.42%3.51%
P/E Ratio16.3016.2350.2529.70
Price / Sales2.493.143,316.7717.31
Price / Cash9.2710.0929.9820.47
Price / Book0.891.232.925.39
Net Income$1.61B$409.37M$952.27M$981.10M
7 Day Performance2.28%1.08%0.08%0.47%
1 Month Performance3.97%2.92%1.15%0.11%
1 Year Performance82.32%38.00%26.86%30.75%

Citizens Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.2218 of 5 stars
$42.12
-1.4%
$43.80
+4.0%
+82.6%$19.17B$7.81B16.0817,570Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
4.189 of 5 stars
$4.88
+0.4%
N/A+30.1%$77.23B$62.45B6.34212,764News Coverage
NU
NU
3.6407 of 5 stars
$15.74
+0.5%
$15.21
-3.4%
+94.9%$75.02B$7.25B50.777,686
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
3.9546 of 5 stars
$52.26
+0.1%
$69.00
+32.0%
+28.6%$64.67B$33.11B12.5089,483Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ITUB
Itaú Unibanco
4.4109 of 5 stars
$6.14
flat
$8.00
+30.3%
+13.7%$60.18B$155.66B8.0895,702Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
4.931 of 5 stars
$63.33
+0.3%
$81.00
+27.9%
+79.3%$59.82B$24.77B12.4448,074Positive News
ING
ING Groep
4.0633 of 5 stars
$16.79
-0.9%
N/A+30.5%$58.72B$22.39B7.6646,000Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
3.3615 of 5 stars
$9.86
+1.1%
N/A+24.7%$57.53B$37.15B6.08116,499
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
4.6586 of 5 stars
$4.22
flat
N/A+21.8%$53.60B$3.20T13.6052,307News Coverage
Positive News
BCS
Barclays
4.2875 of 5 stars
$12.72
+1.3%
N/A+98.1%$46.29B$25.43B9.5692,400Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
NWG
NatWest Group
3.7124 of 5 stars
$9.64
+0.6%
N/A+120.1%$40.03B$14.38B7.3063,700Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:CFG) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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