BBVA vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, HDB, SAN, TD, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), HDFC Bank (HDB), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria vs. Its Competitors
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
3.0% of Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria 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 116 more articles in the media than Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria. MarketBeat recorded 124 mentions for Bank of America and 8 mentions for Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria's score of 0.30 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of America has a consensus price target of $53.93, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Bank of America's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria.
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria has a net margin of 29.17% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.81%. Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria's return on equity of 17.61% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 32.7% 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 raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria. Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria 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.
Summary
Bank of America beats Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BBVA) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
