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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Banco Santander beats Citizens Financial Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CFG) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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