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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Competitors

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MUFG vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, HDB, 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), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), 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

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

Bank of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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$107.26B3.52$27.13B$3.6713.91
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group$6.72T0.03$8.36B$1.0813.90

In the previous week, Bank of America had 124 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 130 mentions for Bank of America and 6 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 0.95 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
70 Very Positive mention(s)
17 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 2.9%. Bank of America pays out 30.5% 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 net margin of 15.70% compared to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's net margin of 13.95%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.76% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America15.70% 10.76% 0.88%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 13.95%9.35%0.48%

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $57.23, suggesting a potential upside of 12.11%. Given Bank of America's higher possible upside, equities 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)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 16 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$181.22B$70.12B$12.61B$21.83B
Dividend Yield2.88%3.51%5.59%3.61%
P/E Ratio13.909.0321.2232.47
Price / Sales0.034.3430.4885.64
Price / Cash12.489.7222.4024.48
Price / Book1.431.402.234.60
Net Income$8.36B$6.73B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.78%0.01%-0.70%-0.71%
1 Month Performance-6.52%-0.66%-1.35%-0.62%
1 Year Performance41.80%35.85%535.56%10.38%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.0623 of 5 stars
$15.02
-1.7%
N/A+42.8%$181.22B$6.72T13.90150,800
BAC
Bank of America
4.9483 of 5 stars
$48.86
+0.4%
$54.64
+11.8%
+23.4%$360.35B$192.43B14.23213,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
HSBC
HSBC
3.0675 of 5 stars
$66.60
+1.0%
$63.00
-5.4%
+49.5%$229.80B$69.07B13.19211,304Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.828 of 5 stars
$144.53
+0.6%
$177.50
+22.8%
+17.3%$203.11B$64.40B15.2694,838Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.0772 of 5 stars
$35.05
+0.6%
N/A+15.5%$178.78B$55.70B21.50214,521Earnings Report
C
Citigroup
4.9901 of 5 stars
$96.18
+2.4%
$99.68
+3.6%
+58.9%$177.05B$83.31B14.21239,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
SAN
Banco Santander
3.9745 of 5 stars
$10.06
+3.1%
N/A+91.9%$149.67B$63.56B11.17199,958Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
3.9422 of 5 stars
$78.83
+0.7%
$93.00
+18.0%
+41.8%$134.08B$60.13B9.21102,190Positive News
UBS
UBS Group
3.7597 of 5 stars
$40.42
+1.7%
N/A+16.1%$129.59B$45.61B21.38108,648Upcoming Earnings
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.981 of 5 stars
$31.17
+0.3%
N/A+5.7%$111.34B$2.10T19.24182,665Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
2.9907 of 5 stars
$18.35
+1.7%
N/A+98.8%$105.32B$38.40B9.44125,916Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NYSE:MUFG) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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