Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BAC or MUFG?

Bank of America received 1948 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.82% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2134 64.82%	Underperform Votes 1158 35.18%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	Outperform Votes 186 62.42%	Underperform Votes 112 37.58%

Do analysts recommend BAC or MUFG?

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $47.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.58%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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
Bank of America	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BAC or MUFG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of America	14.10%	10.29%	0.84%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	14.19%	9.27%	0.49%

Does the media prefer BAC or MUFG?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 76 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for Bank of America and 3 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 0.70 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	37 Very Positive mention(s)	16 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	6 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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BAC or MUFG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America	$103.44B	2.95	$27.13B	$3.36	11.96
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	$6.78T	0.02	$10.29B	$1.09	11.35

Which has more volatility & risk, BAC or MUFG?

Bank of America has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BAC or MUFG a better dividend stock?

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 23.9% 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 increased 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BAC or MUFG?

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

Summary

Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 19 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.