C vs. UBS, USB, PNC, TFC, MFG, COF, WFC, BAC, PGR, and MMC
Should you be buying Citigroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citigroup include UBS Group (UBS), U.S. Bancorp (USB), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Capital One Financial (COF), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Bank of America (BAC), Progressive (PGR), and Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Citigroup vs.
UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Citigroup pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. UBS Group pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citigroup pays out 29.1% 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. UBS Group has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Citigroup has higher revenue and earnings than UBS Group. Citigroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UBS Group has a net margin of 18.55% compared to Citigroup's net margin of 14.73%. UBS Group's return on equity of 13.29% beat Citigroup's return on equity.
32.9% of UBS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Citigroup shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of UBS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Citigroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UBS Group presently has a consensus target price of $19.38, suggesting a potential upside of 0.58%. Citigroup has a consensus target price of $55.16, suggesting a potential upside of 21.97%. Given Citigroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Citigroup is more favorable than UBS Group.
UBS Group received 504 more outperform votes than Citigroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote while only 49.28% of users gave Citigroup an outperform vote.
In the previous week, UBS Group had 2 more articles in the media than Citigroup. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for UBS Group and 64 mentions for Citigroup. UBS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Citigroup's score of 0.06 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UBS Group has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citigroup has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UBS Group beats Citigroup on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding C 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.
Citigroup Competitors List
