MFG vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, TD, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Mizuho Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mizuho Financial Group include HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Mizuho Financial Group vs. Its Competitors
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.
HSBC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mizuho Financial Group. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mizuho Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mizuho Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mizuho Financial Group pays out 12.8% 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.
In the previous week, HSBC had 24 more articles in the media than Mizuho Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for HSBC and 2 mentions for Mizuho Financial Group. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Mizuho Financial Group's score of 0.27 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HSBC has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mizuho Financial Group has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC received 646 more outperform votes than Mizuho Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.63% of users gave Mizuho Financial Group an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
HSBC currently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.02%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than Mizuho Financial Group.
1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Mizuho Financial Group's net margin of 7.85%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Mizuho Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
HSBC beats Mizuho Financial Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MFG) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
