BMO vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, TD, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), 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.
Bank of Montreal vs.
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, HSBC had 13 more articles in the media than Bank of Montreal. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for HSBC and 16 mentions for Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat HSBC's score of 0.56 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 9.22%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
HSBC has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC currently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.80%. Bank of Montreal has a consensus target price of $129.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.92%. Given Bank of Montreal's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than HSBC.
HSBC received 420 more outperform votes than Bank of Montreal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $4.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Montreal pays out 61.5% 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. Bank of Montreal has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bank of Montreal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Montreal. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Montreal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HSBC beats Bank of Montreal on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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