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NYSE:BMO

Bank of Montreal (BMO) Competitors

$83.40
-0.48 (-0.57%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$82.54
$83.77
50-Day Range
$82.89
$92.23
52-Week Range
$81.57
$110.67
Volume
518,915 shs
Average Volume
603,065 shs
Market Capitalization
$59.48 billion
P/E Ratio
10.99
Dividend Yield
5.07%
Price Target
$149.50

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of Montreal
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Banco Santander
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of MontrealOutperform Votes
540
57.57%
Underperform Votes
398
42.43%
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
561
49.47%
Underperform Votes
573
50.53%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of Montreal$34.74 billion1.71$10.52 billion$7.5910.99
Banco Santander$56.17 billion0.94$10.12 billion$0.585.54

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of Montreal 12.83% 13.14% 0.75%
Banco Santander 17.93% 9.79% 0.55%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of Montreal
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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.
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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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BMO vs. The Competition

MetricBank of MontrealCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$59.48B$26.76B$5.99B$14.24B
Dividend Yield5.02%11.12%7.17%4.06%
P/E Ratio10.998.13160.7520.01
Price / Sales1.711.906,398.039.06
Price / Cash7.558.0032.2023.16
Price / Book1.140.882.399.09
Net Income$10.52B$3.04B$644.38M$896.31M
7 Day Performance0.55%-1.58%33.05%-1.03%
1 Month Performance-7.53%-3.36%13.57%-2.91%
1 Year Performance-23.41%-5.57%7.36%-10.42%

Bank of Montreal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAN
Banco Santander
2.2623 of 5 stars
$3.43
-1.2%
$3.70
+7.9%
+2.0%$56.44B$54.92B5.91206,462
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
2.9333 of 5 stars
$8.05
-1.3%
N/A+28.4%$55.33B$45.46B9.25101,000
ING
ING Groep
2.6874 of 5 stars
$13.03
flat
$14.03
+7.6%
+14.3%$48.56B$19.56B9.5157,569
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
1.7516 of 5 stars
$6.95
-1.6%
$6.38
-8.2%
+26.6%$44.39B$26.23B6.26115,675
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.3721 of 5 stars
$22.82
-0.4%
N/A+18.2%$79.73B$16.08B20.19130,542Stock Split
Short Interest ↓
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
2.7884 of 5 stars
$6.60
-1.8%
N/A+12.0%$81.32B$68.70B9.71129,700Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
LYG
Lloyds Banking Group
3.3893 of 5 stars
$2.32
flat
N/A-2.2%$38.28B$7.19B5.8059,354Short Interest ↓
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
2.619 of 5 stars
$41.60
-0.7%
$74.88
+80.0%
-22.9%$38.18B$24.67B10.5650,427Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
NWG
NatWest Group
2.8331 of 5 stars
$6.78
flat
N/A+5.4%$32.31B$19.73B7.2262,500
BCS
Barclays
2.4917 of 5 stars
$8.04
+0.4%
N/A-11.1%$31.92B$30.88B4.9687,400

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This page (NYSE:BMO) was last updated on 5/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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