BMO vs. SAN, SMFG, ING, BBVA, IBN, MUFG, LYG, CM, NWG, and BCS
Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include Banco Santander (SAN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ICICI Bank (IBN), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), NatWest Group (NWG), and Barclays (BCS). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bank of Montreal vs.
Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) and Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Bank of Montreal had 22 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Bank of Montreal and 9 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Bank of Montreal's score of 0.13 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Santander received 21 more outperform votes than Bank of Montreal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.57% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote while only 49.47% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.
Bank of Montreal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Banco Santander. Banco Santander 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 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
42.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 17.93% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 12.83%. Bank of Montreal's return on equity of 13.14% beat Banco Santander's return on equity.
Bank of Montreal currently has a consensus price target of $149.50, indicating a potential upside of 79.26%. Banco Santander has a consensus price target of $3.70, indicating a potential upside of 15.09%. Given Bank of Montreal's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than Banco Santander.
Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $4.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Bank of Montreal pays out 55.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 15.5% 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.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Banco Santander on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BMO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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