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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Competitors

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

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), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Bank of America had 116 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 119 mentions for Bank of America and 3 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Bank of America's score of 1.02 indicating that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
72 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
24 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bank of America presently has a consensus price target of $50.61, indicating a potential downside of 0.15%. Given Bank of America's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of America
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$192.43B1.95$27.13B$3.4214.82
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group$89.51B2.09$8.36B$1.0814.38

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 39.8% 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. Bank of America has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Bank of America has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Bank of America14.81% 10.25% 0.84%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 13.95%9.35%0.48%

Summary

Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MUFG vs. The Competition

MetricMitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$189.10B$70.77B$12.71B$21.51B
Dividend Yield2.76%3.50%5.42%3.50%
P/E Ratio14.3819.88246.5429.83
Price / Sales2.094.3930.8853.44
Price / Cash12.689.8522.2224.76
Price / Book1.471.402.314.53
Net Income$8.36B$6.73B$1.01B$998.53M
7 Day Performance-1.43%0.54%0.41%1.09%
1 Month Performance-2.39%0.54%3.00%4.39%
1 Year Performance52.63%40.70%541.39%13.83%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.2093 of 5 stars
$15.53
-0.9%
N/A+48.8%$189.10B$89.51B14.38150,800Positive News
BAC
Bank of America
4.7978 of 5 stars
$49.50
-0.6%
$50.39
+1.8%
+29.6%$366.61B$192.43B14.47213,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HSBC
HSBC
1.8901 of 5 stars
$66.04
+0.6%
$63.00
-4.6%
+57.7%$229.18B$141.75B13.08211,304Trending News
Dividend Increase
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.9074 of 5 stars
$144.68
+0.1%
$177.50
+22.7%
+18.5%$203.31B$98.71B15.2894,838Positive News
Short Interest ↓
C
Citigroup
4.9269 of 5 stars
$95.88
+0.5%
$96.96
+1.1%
+72.5%$176.50B$170.76B14.16239,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SAN
Banco Santander
3.5145 of 5 stars
$9.78
+2.6%
N/A+101.4%$145.50B$66.96B10.86199,958Trending News
UBS
UBS Group
3.0979 of 5 stars
$40.55
+0.5%
N/A+38.8%$130.00B$84.56B21.45108,648Trending News
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.2187 of 5 stars
$74.73
+0.4%
$93.00
+24.4%
+23.7%$127.65B$88.27B8.73102,190Positive News
IBN
ICICI Bank
0.9238 of 5 stars
$31.83
+0.5%
N/A+7.6%$113.62B$22.68B19.65182,665News Coverage
Stock Split
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
3.1296 of 5 stars
$18.51
+1.1%
N/A+83.8%$108.03B$38.40B9.74125,916Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.3311 of 5 stars
$16.67
+1.4%
N/A+28.4%$107.20B$66.82B17.55123,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MUFG) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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