Banco Bradesco (BBD) Competitors

Banco Bradesco (NYSE:BBD) and UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BBD or UBS?

UBS Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, 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
Banco Bradesco	$105.33B	0.25	$3.20B	$0.30	8.12
UBS Group	$45.35B	2.13	$5.09B	$1.52	19.84

Which has more risk & volatility, BBD or UBS?

Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBS Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BBD or UBS more profitable?

Banco Bradesco has a net margin of 8.46% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 6.93%. Banco Bradesco's return on equity of 11.43% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%
UBS Group	6.93%	5.93%	0.32%

Do analysts rate BBD or UBS?

Banco Bradesco presently has a consensus target price of $2.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.44%. Given Banco Bradesco's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Banco Bradesco is more favorable than UBS Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
UBS Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer BBD or UBS?

In the previous week, UBS Group had 87 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for UBS Group and 11 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat UBS Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Bradesco	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UBS Group	27 Very Positive mention(s)	20 Positive mention(s)	38 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BBD or UBS a better dividend stock?

Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UBS Group pays out 14.5% 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. Banco Bradesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BBD or UBS?

UBS Group received 411 more outperform votes than Banco Bradesco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.41% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 333 57.41%	Underperform Votes 247 42.59%
UBS Group	Outperform Votes 744 54.51%	Underperform Votes 621 45.49%

Summary

Banco Bradesco and UBS Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.