MUFG vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, C, SAN, TD, IBN, UBS, 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), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
Bank of America has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 31.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 100 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 107 mentions for Bank of America and 7 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 1.00 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company 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 consensus price target of $47.69, suggesting a potential upside of 6.90%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
Bank of America received 1972 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.67% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 62.21% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.10%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.29% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 19 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MUFG) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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