COF vs. AJG, BN, IX, WRB, PFG, RF, WFC, SLM, NICK, and QD
Should you be buying Capital One Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital One Financial include Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Brookfield (BN), ORIX (IX), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Regions Financial (RF), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), SLM (SLM), Nicholas Financial (NICK), and Qudian (QD).
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) and Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Capital One Financial received 617 more outperform votes than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.17% of users gave Capital One Financial an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an outperform vote.
Capital One Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. Capital One Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital One Financial has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.5% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Capital One Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Capital One Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Capital One Financial has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Capital One Financial's net margin of 9.63%. Capital One Financial's return on equity of 18.49% beat Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s return on equity.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. currently has a consensus price target of $255.23, suggesting a potential upside of 8.35%. Capital One Financial has a consensus price target of $137.05, suggesting a potential downside of 7.54%. Given Capital One Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is more favorable than Capital One Financial.
In the previous week, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. had 5 more articles in the media than Capital One Financial. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and 17 mentions for Capital One Financial. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Capital One Financial's score of 0.51 indicating that Capital One Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Capital One Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. pays out 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital One Financial pays out 20.1% 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. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Capital One Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Capital One Financial beats Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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