MCO vs. SMFG, USB, CCI, ICE, PNC, BN, PSA, BNS, BX, and SAN
Should you be buying Moody's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moody's include Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Crown Castle (CCI), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Brookfield (BN), Public Storage (PSA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Blackstone (BX), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Moody's vs.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) and Moody's (NYSE:MCO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group both had 7 articles in the media. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Moody's' score of -0.05 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moody's has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moody's has a net margin of 25.13% compared to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's net margin of 15.18%. Moody's' return on equity of 62.08% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's pays out 41.4% 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. Moody's has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Moody's has a consensus price target of $307.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Given Moody's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Moody's is more favorable than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.
1.7% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Moody's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Moody's. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moody's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Moody's received 251 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.94% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote.
Summary
Moody's beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MCO 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.
