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$14.75 -0.12 (-0.83%)
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NU vs. BRK.A, BRK.B, HSBC, RY, MUFG, HDB, C, SAN, UBS, and TD

Should you be buying NU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NU include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), UBS Group (UBS), and Toronto Dominion Bank (TD).

NU vs. Its Competitors

NU (NYSE:NU) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, NU had 31 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hathaway. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for NU and 8 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway. NU's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.36 indicating that NU is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NU
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Berkshire Hathaway
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

NU has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

84.0% of NU shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of NU shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NU presently has a consensus price target of $17.06, suggesting a potential upside of 15.69%. Given NU's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NU is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NU
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Berkshire Hathaway has higher revenue and earnings than NU. Berkshire Hathaway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NU$11.52B6.17$1.97B$0.4632.06
Berkshire Hathaway$371.43B2.91$89.00B$43.77 thousand17.12

NU has a net margin of 17.90% compared to Berkshire Hathaway's net margin of 17.00%. NU's return on equity of 29.91% beat Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NU17.90% 29.91% 4.65%
Berkshire Hathaway 17.00%6.96%3.92%

Summary

NU beats Berkshire Hathaway on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NU vs. The Competition

MetricNUBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$71.65B$68.15B$12.54B$21.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.57%5.42%3.50%
P/E Ratio32.0619.38232.3029.63
Price / Sales6.174.1030.6948.73
Price / Cash31.369.6322.1224.54
Price / Book9.271.382.294.55
Net Income$1.97B$6.73B$1.01B$999.70M
7 Day Performance-0.40%0.81%0.39%0.58%
1 Month Performance20.82%1.71%3.72%5.66%
1 Year Performance7.60%41.26%540.91%17.40%

NU Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NU
NU
4.2968 of 5 stars
$14.75
-0.8%
$17.06
+15.7%
+2.8%$71.65B$11.52B32.068,716Trending News
Analyst Forecast
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.7567 of 5 stars
$754,549.47
+0.7%
N/A+7.6%$1.09T$371.43B17.24372,000
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
1.9907 of 5 stars
$503.04
+0.6%
$575.00
+14.3%
+7.5%$1.09T$371.43B17.25392,400
HSBC
HSBC
1.4918 of 5 stars
$64.50
-0.5%
$63.00
-2.3%
+49.2%$225.20B$69.07B12.77211,304Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.9321 of 5 stars
$145.42
-0.3%
$177.50
+22.1%
+19.0%$204.35B$64.40B15.3694,838Analyst Downgrade
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.09 of 5 stars
$15.31
-0.6%
N/A+47.0%$184.70B$89.51B14.17150,800
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.6973 of 5 stars
$71.18
+0.1%
N/A+15.8%$181.56B$55.70B21.83214,521Positive News
Short Interest ↓
C
Citigroup
4.8902 of 5 stars
$96.54
-0.3%
$96.54
0.0%
+57.4%$177.72B$83.31B14.26239,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SAN
Banco Santander
2.6561 of 5 stars
$9.55
-1.3%
N/A+95.8%$142.08B$63.56B10.61199,958Short Interest ↑
UBS
UBS Group
3.9702 of 5 stars
$40.51
-0.2%
N/A+37.5%$129.88B$45.54B21.43108,648Trending News
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.5606 of 5 stars
$75.05
+3.0%
$93.00
+23.9%
+23.0%$128.73B$60.13B8.77102,190Positive News

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