Ally Financial (ALLY) Competitors

Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is ALLY or FITB more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 7.64%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat Ally Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ally Financial	7.64%	9.48%	0.59%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.97%	13.31%	1.15%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ALLY or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ally Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ally Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ally Financial	$8.18B	1.53	$668M	$1.54	26.44
Fifth Third Bancorp	$13.28B	2.27	$2.31B	$3.22	14.15

Do analysts rate ALLY or FITB?

Ally Financial presently has a consensus target price of $43.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.89%. Given Ally Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ally Financial is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ally Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ALLY or FITB?

88.8% of Ally Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ally Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ALLY or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Ally Financial. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 17 mentions for Ally Financial. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 1.32 indicating that Ally Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ally Financial	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ALLY or FITB a better dividend stock?

Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ally Financial pays out 77.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ALLY or FITB?

Ally Financial has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Ally Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.