JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) Vs. BAC, WFC, SE, QQQ, MS, RY, SCHW, C, AXP, and HDB
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), SEA (SE), Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), Morgan Stanley (MS), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), The Charles Schwab (SCHW), Citigroup (C), American Express (AXP), and HDFC Bank (HDB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. vs.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Wells Fargo & Company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wells Fargo & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.8% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 145.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan Chase & Co. pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wells Fargo & Company has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and JPMorgan Chase & Co. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Wells Fargo & Company presently has a consensus price target of $48.70, indicating a potential downside of 1.48%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a consensus price target of $167.59, indicating a potential upside of 0.62%. Given JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JPMorgan Chase & Co. is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.
In the previous week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. had 33 more articles in the media than Wells Fargo & Company. MarketBeat recorded 105 mentions for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and 72 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s score of 0.34 indicating that Wells Fargo & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a net margin of 37.71% compared to Wells Fargo & Company's net margin of 19.79%. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s return on equity of 19.26% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. received 357 more outperform votes than Wells Fargo & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.58% of users gave JPMorgan Chase & Co. an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote.
Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
JPMorgan Chase & Co. beats Wells Fargo & Company on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
Skip ChartJPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) vs. Its Competitors
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Competitors List
