JPM vs. BAC, WFC, MS, RY, AXP, BRK.B, BRK.A, C, USB, and PNC
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), Morgan Stanley (MS), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), American Express (AXP), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Citigroup (C), U.S. Bancorp (USB), and The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of America. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Chase & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. had 12 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and 23 mentions for Bank of America. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Bank of America's score of 0.61 indicating that JPMorgan Chase & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. currently has a consensus price target of $168.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.63%. Bank of America has a consensus price target of $35.43, suggesting a potential upside of 14.43%. Given Bank of America's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than JPMorgan Chase & Co..
JPMorgan Chase & Co. pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 26.9% 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 received 77 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Chase & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.71% of users gave JPMorgan Chase & Co. an outperform vote while only 66.14% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote.
68.9% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a net margin of 22.79% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 18.69%. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s return on equity of 17.97% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
Summary
JPMorgan Chase & Co. beats Bank of America on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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