ORIX (IX) Competitors

UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) and ORIX (NYSE:IX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, UBS or IX?

UBS Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ORIX. ORIX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, 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
UBS Group	$45.35B	2.14	$5.09B	$1.52	19.88
ORIX	$1.88T	0.01	$2.39B	$2.30	8.71

Is UBS or IX more profitable?

ORIX has a net margin of 13.66% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 6.93%. ORIX's return on equity of 9.73% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UBS Group	6.93%	5.93%	0.32%
ORIX	13.66%	9.73%	2.40%

Is UBS or IX a better dividend stock?

UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. ORIX pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. UBS Group pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ORIX pays out 28.3% 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.

Do analysts prefer UBS or IX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UBS Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
ORIX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UBS or IX?

1.7% of ORIX shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of UBS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ORIX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, UBS or IX?

UBS Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ORIX has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UBS or IX?

UBS Group received 551 more outperform votes than ORIX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.57% of users gave ORIX an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UBS Group	Outperform Votes 744 54.63%	Underperform Votes 618 45.37%
ORIX	Outperform Votes 193 59.57%	Underperform Votes 131 40.43%

Does the media prefer UBS or IX?

In the previous week, UBS Group had 89 more articles in the media than ORIX. MarketBeat recorded 94 mentions for UBS Group and 5 mentions for ORIX. UBS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat ORIX's score of 0.39 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UBS Group	26 Very Positive mention(s)	22 Positive mention(s)	35 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ORIX	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

UBS Group beats ORIX on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.