JPM vs. BAC, WFC, QQQ, MS, SCHW, RY, GS, HDB, HSBC, and TD
Should you be buying JPMorgan Chase & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan Chase & Co. include Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), Morgan Stanley (MS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), HDFC Bank (HDB), HSBC (HSBC), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. vs.
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Bank of America has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. had 12 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and 7 mentions for Bank of America. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s score of 0.08 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a net margin of 26.85% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 26.52%. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s return on equity of 14.52% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
68.5% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of America currently has a consensus price target of $44.68, suggesting a potential upside of 18.04%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a consensus price target of $144.90, suggesting a potential upside of 4.86%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than JPMorgan Chase & Co..
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of America. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Bank of America pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Chase & Co. pays out 33.8% 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 2 consecutive years and JPMorgan Chase & Co. has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank of America received 69 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Chase & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.38% of users gave JPMorgan Chase & Co. an outperform vote while only 67.00% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote.
Summary
JPMorgan Chase & Co. beats Bank of America on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JPM 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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Competitors List
