CFG vs. NTRS, FITB, MTB, DB, FCNCA, EWBC, ALLY, CBSH, BBDO, and SIVB
Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Northern Trust (NTRS), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), and SVB Financial Group (SIVB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Citizens Financial Group vs.
Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
81.4% of Northern Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Citizens Financial Group received 111 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.51% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 43.34% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.
Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Northern Trust pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 41.2% 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. Northern Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Citizens Financial Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Citizens Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 7 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 8 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northern Trust presently has a consensus price target of $100.32, suggesting a potential upside of 20.24%. Citizens Financial Group has a consensus price target of $47.78, suggesting a potential upside of 53.63%. Given Citizens Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Northern Trust.
Northern Trust has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Citizens Financial Group has a net margin of 22.86% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 17.24%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 14.89% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.
Citizens Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Trust. Citizens Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Citizens Financial Group beats Northern Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CFG 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.
Citizens Financial Group Competitors List
