Itaú Unibanco (NYSE:ITUB) Vs. BNS, BBD, BBDO, BK, MTB, SIVB, STT, FITB, NTRS, and CFG
Should you be buying Itaú Unibanco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itaú Unibanco include Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Banco Bradesco (BBD), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), M&T Bank (MTB), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), State Street (STT), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Northern Trust (NTRS), and Citizens Financial Group (CFG). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Itaú Unibanco vs.
Itaú Unibanco (NYSE:ITUB) and Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Bank of Nova Scotia has a net margin of 25.54% compared to Itaú Unibanco's net margin of 12.84%. Itaú Unibanco's return on equity of 16.01% beat Bank of Nova Scotia's return on equity.
Itaú Unibanco pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Itaú Unibanco pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Nova Scotia pays out 50.4% 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.
Bank of Nova Scotia received 333 more outperform votes than Itaú Unibanco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.56% of users gave Itaú Unibanco an outperform vote while only 65.93% of users gave Bank of Nova Scotia an outperform vote.
Itaú Unibanco presently has a consensus target price of $4.75, indicating a potential downside of 6.68%. Bank of Nova Scotia has a consensus target price of $96.09, indicating a potential upside of 53.62%. Given Bank of Nova Scotia's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Nova Scotia is more favorable than Itaú Unibanco.
8.7% of Itaú Unibanco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Itaú Unibanco has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Nova Scotia has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of Nova Scotia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Itaú Unibanco. Itaú Unibanco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Nova Scotia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank of Nova Scotia had 17 more articles in the media than Itaú Unibanco. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Bank of Nova Scotia and 2 mentions for Itaú Unibanco. Itaú Unibanco's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Bank of Nova Scotia's score of 0.33 indicating that Itaú Unibanco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bank of Nova Scotia beats Itaú Unibanco on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ITUB 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.
Itaú Unibanco (NYSE:ITUB) vs. Its Competitors
Itaú Unibanco Competitors List
