MUFG vs. RY, HDB, TD, IBN, SAN, SMFG, BMO, BBVA, ING, and CM
Should you be buying Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ING Groep (ING), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.19%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 3 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 4 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Royal Bank of Canada received 510 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.36% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote while only 55.72% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $2.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 25.3% 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. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a net margin of 19.14% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.43%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 14.74% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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