ICICI Bank (IBN) Competitors

ICICI Bank (NYSE:IBN) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) 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, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts recommend IBN or BAC?

Bank of America has a consensus price target of $50.61, indicating a potential downside of 0.15%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than ICICI Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICICI Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bank of America	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IBN or BAC?

18.2% of ICICI Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IBN or BAC more profitable?

ICICI Bank has a net margin of 24.81% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.81%. ICICI Bank's return on equity of 15.40% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICICI Bank	24.81%	15.40%	1.90%
Bank of America	14.81%	10.25%	0.84%

Does the media favor IBN or BAC?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 117 more articles in the media than ICICI Bank. MarketBeat recorded 119 mentions for Bank of America and 2 mentions for ICICI Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ICICI Bank's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICICI Bank	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bank of America	72 Very Positive mention(s)	16 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, IBN or BAC?

ICICI Bank has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IBN or BAC a better dividend stock?

ICICI Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ICICI Bank pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 32.7% 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. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Bank of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IBN or BAC?

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than ICICI Bank. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICICI Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ICICI Bank	$22.68B	5.07	$6.02B	$1.62	19.90
Bank of America	$192.43B	1.95	$27.13B	$3.42	14.82

Summary

Bank of America beats ICICI Bank on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.