DFS vs. NWG, SLF, VICI, HIG, VTMX, EXR, NDAQ, ACGL, AVB, and CBRE
Should you be buying Discover Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Discover Financial Services include NatWest Group (NWG), Sun Life Financial (SLF), VICI Properties (VICI), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (VTMX), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), and CBRE Group (CBRE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) and NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Discover Financial Services has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Discover Financial Services had 14 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Discover Financial Services and 3 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Discover Financial Services' score of 0.53 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Discover Financial Services has a net margin of 10.56% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 0.00%. Discover Financial Services' return on equity of 17.07% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.
Discover Financial Services received 1228 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave Discover Financial Services an outperform vote while only 39.22% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
Discover Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Discover Financial Services pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
86.9% of Discover Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Discover Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NatWest Group has higher revenue and earnings than Discover Financial Services.
Discover Financial Services presently has a consensus price target of $126.29, suggesting a potential upside of 1.00%. Given Discover Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Discover Financial Services is more favorable than NatWest Group.
Summary
Discover Financial Services beats NatWest Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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