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$14.33
-0.76 (-5.04%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

NU vs. RY, HSBC, C, MUFG, HDB, IBN, UBS, TD, SMFG, and SAN

Should you be buying NU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NU include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HSBC (HSBC), Citigroup (C), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

NU vs.

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) and NU (NYSE:NU) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.93%. NU has a consensus target price of $15.21, indicating a potential upside of 6.16%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than NU.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NU
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than NU. Royal Bank of Canada 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
Royal Bank of Canada$87.48B1.97$11.02B$8.2714.74
NU$8.03B8.51$1.03B$0.3146.23

In the previous week, NU had 20 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for NU and 10 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat NU's score of 0.51 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Bank of Canada
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NU
11 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of NU shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of NU shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Royal Bank of Canada received 707 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.36% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 54.24% of users gave NU an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royal Bank of CanadaOutperform Votes
739
55.36%
Underperform Votes
596
44.64%
NUOutperform Votes
32
54.24%
Underperform Votes
27
45.76%

NU has a net margin of 15.11% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.28%. NU's return on equity of 27.00% beat Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Bank of Canada12.28% 15.17% 0.84%
NU 15.11%27.00%4.19%

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada and NU tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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

MetricNUNondepository credit institutions IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$68.30B$7.31B$6.58B$19.29B
Dividend YieldN/A5.16%2.63%3.53%
P/E Ratio46.2318.3039.9541.95
Price / Sales8.517.69209.7014.57
Price / Cash59.5346.0625.0620.89
Price / Book10.691.994.565.40
Net Income$1.03B$462.43M$114.41M$985.39M
7 Day Performance-4.08%-1.93%0.65%-0.69%
1 Month Performance6.66%3.98%1.39%-0.84%
1 Year Performance72.65%63.95%22.82%28.61%

NU Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NU
NU
3.0998 of 5 stars
$14.33
-5.0%
$15.21
+6.2%
+72.7%$68.30B$8.03B46.237,686
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.5668 of 5 stars
$123.54
-0.4%
$142.50
+15.3%
+51.8%$175.34B$60.00B14.9491,398
HSBC
HSBC
3.449 of 5 stars
$46.41
+2.7%
N/A+27.4%$174.08B$64.07B8.00220,861Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
C
Citigroup
4.9925 of 5 stars
$64.69
+0.8%
$71.06
+9.9%
+60.9%$123.39B$80.34B18.12239,000Options Volume
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
4.3291 of 5 stars
$10.51
+2.1%
N/A+24.7%$123.18B$6.22T12.66140,000Positive News
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.0243 of 5 stars
$64.65
+0.2%
N/A+11.8%$120.24B$2.36T19.65213,527Short Interest ↑
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.4929 of 5 stars
$31.26
+0.4%
N/A+36.4%$110.14B$1.72T21.86187,765Stock Split
Short Interest ↑
UBS
UBS Group
3.8656 of 5 stars
$32.81
+1.3%
N/A+29.4%$105.20B$65.28B61.91112,842Analyst Upgrade
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.1192 of 5 stars
$55.53
-1.4%
$84.00
+51.3%
-1.6%$97.09B$75.05B17.74103,257News Coverage
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.8506 of 5 stars
$12.72
+1.9%
N/A+30.3%$83.20B$64.79B11.67120,000Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
4.1921 of 5 stars
$4.87
-2.6%
N/A+35.9%$79.13B$62.45B6.32212,764Analyst Downgrade
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This page (NYSE:NU) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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