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Should you be buying Bank of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of America include Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Citigroup (C), Chevron (CVX), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), CocaCola (KO), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC).
Bank of America vs. Its Competitors
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Bank of America pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.8% 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. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Apple has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of America. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Apple had 138 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 259 mentions for Apple and 121 mentions for Bank of America. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Bank of America's score of 0.95 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.81%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
Bank of America has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $50.82, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Apple has a consensus target price of $244.03, suggesting a potential downside of 4.71%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Apple.
70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held 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.
Summary
Apple beats Bank of America on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BAC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BAC) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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