ING vs. BBVA, BMO, CM, SAN, LYG, SMFG, BCS, NWG, IBN, and KB
Should you be buying ING Groep stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ING Groep include Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Banco Santander (SAN), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Barclays (BCS), NatWest Group (NWG), ICICI Bank (IBN), and KB Financial Group (KB). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) and ING Groep (NYSE:ING) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had 3 more articles in the media than ING Groep. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and 7 mentions for ING Groep. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat ING Groep's score of 0.06 indicating that ING Groep is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ING Groep has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of ING Groep shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ING Groep received 32 more outperform votes than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.86% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria an outperform vote.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has higher revenue and earnings than ING Groep. ING Groep is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ING Groep pays out 29.4% 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.
ING Groep has a net margin of 32.29% compared to ING Groep's net margin of 27.15%. ING Groep's return on equity of 14.85% beat Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's return on equity.
Summary
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and ING Groep tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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