ALLY vs. FITB, NAVI, BRK.A, BRK.B, CFG, COF, GM, KEY, OMF, and SYF
Should you be buying Ally Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ally Financial include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Navient (NAVI), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Capital One Financial (COF), General Motors (GM), KeyCorp (KEY), OneMain (OMF), and Synchrony Financial (SYF).
Ally Financial vs. Its Competitors
Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
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 3.4%. Ally Financial pays out 88.2% 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 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp has increased 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.
Ally Financial currently has a consensus price target of $41.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.97%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.53, suggesting a potential upside of 9.23%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Ally Financial.
In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Ally Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 14 mentions for Ally Financial. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.90 indicating that Ally Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ally Financial has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 6.96%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.64% beat Ally Financial's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats Ally Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ALLY) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
