BAC vs. MUFG, ING, BBVA, NU, MFG, IX, BSBR, ALLY, BSAC, and SOFI
Should you be buying Bank of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of America include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), NU (NU), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), ORIX (IX), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Ally Financial (ALLY), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), and SoFi Technologies (SOFI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Bank of America has a consensus price target of $41.92, suggesting a potential upside of 0.59%. Given Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 33.2% 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 received 1777 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.72% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 64.36% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.
Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of America has a net margin of 13.28% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 12.68%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity of 10.56% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 54 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Bank of America and 2 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Bank of America's score of 0.04 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 19 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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