BBVA vs. MUFG, C, ING, NU, MFG, CM, IX, SYF, BSBR, and ALLY
Should you be buying Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ING Groep (ING), NU (NU), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ORIX (IX), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), and Ally Financial (ALLY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had 5 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and 2 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 0.04 indicating that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria received 284 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.36% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria an outperform vote.
3.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by 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.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 23.0% 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 Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a net margin of 26.90% compared to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's net margin of 12.68%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's return on equity of 15.34% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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