Mizuho Financial Group (MFG) Competitors

HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HSBC or MFG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HSBC	$67.40B	2.92	$23.53B	$6.20	8.90
Mizuho Financial Group	$3.60T	0.02	$6.30B	$0.40	12.32

Which has more volatility & risk, HSBC or MFG?

HSBC has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mizuho Financial Group has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HSBC or MFG?

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are owned 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.

Do analysts rate HSBC or MFG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Mizuho Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to HSBC or MFG?

In the previous week, HSBC had 36 more articles in the media than Mizuho Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for HSBC and 5 mentions for Mizuho Financial Group. Mizuho Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat HSBC's score of 0.39 indicating that Mizuho Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	9 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mizuho Financial Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HSBC or MFG a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Mizuho Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. HSBC pays out 115.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mizuho Financial Group pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is HSBC or MFG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%
Mizuho Financial Group	7.85%	8.56%	0.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HSBC or MFG?

HSBC received 634 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 58.30% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 959 58.30%	Underperform Votes 686 41.70%
Mizuho Financial Group	Outperform Votes 325 59.63%	Underperform Votes 220 40.37%

Summary

HSBC beats Mizuho Financial Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.