DFS vs. NWG, DB, SLF, VICI, VTMX, EXR, ACGL, NDAQ, BCS, and OWL
Should you be buying Discover Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Discover Financial Services include NatWest Group (NWG), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), Sun Life Financial (SLF), VICI Properties (VICI), Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (VTMX), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Barclays (BCS), and Blue Owl Capital (OWL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
Discover Financial Services received 1228 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.76% of users gave Discover Financial Services an outperform vote while only 39.22% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
NatWest Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Discover Financial Services.
1.3% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Discover Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Discover Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Discover Financial Services has a net margin of 10.56% compared to Discover Financial Services' net margin of 0.00%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 16.74% beat Discover Financial Services' return on equity.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Discover Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Discover Financial Services pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NatWest Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Discover Financial Services has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Discover Financial Services has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Discover Financial Services has a consensus price target of $126.29, indicating a potential upside of 0.49%. Given NatWest Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Discover Financial Services is more favorable than NatWest Group.
In the previous week, Discover Financial Services had 20 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Discover Financial Services and 5 mentions for NatWest Group. Discover Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat NatWest Group's score of 0.30 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Discover Financial Services beats NatWest Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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