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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Competitors

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MUFG vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, C, SAN, TD, UBS, IBN, and BBVA

Should you be buying Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), and Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Bank of America has a net margin of 14.81% compared to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's net margin of 13.95%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.25% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group13.95% 9.35% 0.48%
Bank of America 14.81%10.25%0.84%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 30.4% 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. Bank of America has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group$89.51B2.06$8.36B$1.0814.18
Bank of America$192.43B1.86$27.13B$3.4214.16

In the previous week, Bank of America had 65 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for Bank of America and 9 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Bank of America's score of 0.86 indicating that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank of America
36 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank of America has a consensus target price of $50.13, suggesting a potential upside of 3.50%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Bank of America
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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MUFG vs. The Competition

MetricMitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$185.12B$69.04B$12.36B$20.92B
Dividend Yield2.77%3.50%5.56%3.60%
P/E Ratio14.208.9619.5628.29
Price / Sales2.064.6925.7471.98
Price / Cash12.659.8121.8223.83
Price / Book1.261.362.295.22
Net Income$8.36B$6.75B$1.01B$992.74M
7 Day Performance2.03%-1.37%-0.96%-1.22%
1 Month Performance15.24%4.52%0.43%1.13%
1 Year Performance45.86%41.72%540.72%12.17%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.2016 of 5 stars
$15.32
+0.7%
N/A+43.1%$185.12B$89.51B14.20150,800Positive News
Gap Up
BAC
Bank of America
4.8148 of 5 stars
$46.15
+0.3%
$50.13
+8.6%
+21.1%$341.85B$192.43B13.50213,000
HSBC
HSBC
1.5831 of 5 stars
$64.19
+0.7%
$63.00
-1.8%
+46.7%$224.10B$141.75B12.71211,304
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.4779 of 5 stars
$74.12
-0.8%
N/A+24.3%$189.07B$2.50T22.74214,521Positive News
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.9016 of 5 stars
$133.41
+0.6%
$193.00
+44.7%
+20.8%$187.55B$98.71B14.8294,838Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
C
Citigroup
4.9266 of 5 stars
$92.32
-0.4%
$96.54
+4.6%
+51.0%$169.96B$83.31B13.64239,000Trending News
SAN
Banco Santander
3.8274 of 5 stars
$9.32
+0.1%
N/A+99.9%$138.66B$66.96B10.35199,958Positive News
Short Interest ↓
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.4532 of 5 stars
$73.08
-0.2%
$93.00
+27.3%
+23.4%$125.35B$58.76B10.72102,190Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
UBS
UBS Group
3.5981 of 5 stars
$38.79
-1.9%
N/A+29.8%$124.39B$45.54B20.53108,648Trending News
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.1841 of 5 stars
$32.72
-0.5%
N/A+17.5%$116.76B$22.68B20.19182,665Stock Split
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
3.0239 of 5 stars
$18.60
+0.1%
N/A+80.8%$108.60B$38.40B9.79125,916Positive News
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:MUFG) was last updated on 8/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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