MUFG vs. BAC, ING, BBVA, NU, MFG, CM, IX, BSBR, ALLY, and BSAC
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), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), NU (NU), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ORIX (IX), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Ally Financial (ALLY), and Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
Bank of America has a net margin of 13.28% compared to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's net margin of 12.68%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.56% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 33.2% 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 received 1777 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.72% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 64.36% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.
Bank of America has a consensus target price of $41.92, indicating a potential upside of 0.59%. Given Bank of America's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 47 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Bank of America and 2 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 0.04 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 19 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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