Banco Bradesco (BBDO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SMFG or BBDO?

3.8% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Banco Bradesco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SMFG or BBDO a better dividend stock?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.3% 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SMFG or BBDO?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 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
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	$5.07T	0.02	$6.12B	$0.91	16.16
Banco Bradesco	$110.76B	0.24	$3.20B	$0.32	7.72

Does the media favor SMFG or BBDO?

In the previous week, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group had 11 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and 0 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Banco Bradesco's score of 0.00 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	Positive
Banco Bradesco	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SMFG or BBDO?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group received 117 more outperform votes than Banco Bradesco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote while only 61.79% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	Outperform Votes 248 65.09%	Underperform Votes 133 34.91%
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 131 61.79%	Underperform Votes 81 38.21%

Is SMFG or BBDO more profitable?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a net margin of 12.61% compared to Banco Bradesco's net margin of 8.46%. Banco Bradesco's return on equity of 11.43% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	12.61%	8.52%	0.44%
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%

Which has more risk and volatility, SMFG or BBDO?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group beats Banco Bradesco on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.