BMO vs. BBVA, SAN, SMFG, ING, IBN, CM, LYG, TD, BCS, and HDB
Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Banco Santander (SAN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), ING Groep (ING), ICICI Bank (IBN), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Barclays (BCS), and HDFC Bank (HDB). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
45.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a net margin of 27.15% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 7.40%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's return on equity of 14.85% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bank of Montreal. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 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.
Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of Montreal had 4 more articles in the media than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Bank of Montreal and 6 mentions for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's score of 0.52 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $3.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Bank of Montreal pays out 62.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays out 49.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bank of Montreal currently has a consensus target price of $131.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.58%. Given Bank of Montreal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
Bank of Montreal received 75 more outperform votes than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria an outperform vote.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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