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Royal Bank of Canada (RY) Competitors

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

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

Royal Bank of Canada vs.

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

45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Royal Bank of Canada presently has a consensus target price of $156.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.17%. Bank of America has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Bank of America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Bank of America had 44 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 113 mentions for Bank of America and 69 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.56 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Bank of Canada
21 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
36 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank of America
70 Very Positive mention(s)
19 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank of America received 1302 more outperform votes than Royal Bank of Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 53.77% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royal Bank of CanadaOutperform Votes
842
53.77%
Underperform Votes
724
46.23%
Bank of AmericaOutperform Votes
2144
64.75%
Underperform Votes
1167
35.25%

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 31.0% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Bank of America has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Royal Bank of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Bank of Canada. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, 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$60.46B2.95$11.92B$8.9014.16
Bank of America$103.44B3.16$27.13B$3.3612.92

Bank of America has a net margin of 14.10% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.08%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 15.26% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Bank of Canada12.08% 15.26% 0.84%
Bank of America 14.10%10.29%0.84%

Summary

Bank of America beats Royal Bank of Canada on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RY vs. The Competition

MetricRoyal Bank of CanadaCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$178.32B$40.37B$11.54B$19.48B
Dividend Yield3.30%4.09%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio15.269.6722.5734.49
Price / Sales2.951.7227.3534.97
Price / Cash11.479.6317.6217.51
Price / Book2.051.412.804.71
Net Income$11.92B$3.43B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.83%1.35%-0.20%-0.88%
1 Month Performance9.35%10.14%7.92%10.32%
1 Year Performance19.03%32.17%538.05%3.69%

Royal Bank of Canada Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.2152 of 5 stars
$125.88
-0.5%
$156.50
+24.3%
+19.5%$178.04B$60.46B15.2491,400Trending News
Analyst Revision
BAC
Bank of America
4.7939 of 5 stars
$43.37
+3.8%
$47.25
+9.0%
+14.9%$326.32B$103.44B13.45217,000Trending News
HSBC
HSBC
2.5151 of 5 stars
$58.21
+2.5%
N/A+35.7%$205.63B$68.12B9.38219,000
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.8344 of 5 stars
$72.36
+2.7%
N/A+29.2%$183.22B$2.87T21.99141,600Positive News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.4967 of 5 stars
$12.95
+3.3%
N/A+36.6%$156.22B$6.78T11.88135,000Positive News
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
C
Citigroup
4.9568 of 5 stars
$74.88
+4.8%
$84.04
+12.2%
+20.0%$140.82B$81.60B12.57240,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.1247 of 5 stars
$33.57
+3.9%
N/A+25.5%$119.51B$2.06T22.22105,800Stock Split
SAN
Banco Santander
4.0386 of 5 stars
$7.45
+0.6%
N/A+52.3%$112.81B$63.41B8.97206,500
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.5148 of 5 stars
$63.26
+0.1%
$80.50
+27.3%
+13.9%$109.83B$57.52B18.2393,700News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
UBS
UBS Group
3.6322 of 5 stars
$32.14
+2.0%
N/A+7.2%$102.88B$44.79B21.1172,600Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.7564 of 5 stars
$14.43
+1.6%
N/A+16.4%$93.45B$5.12T14.01101,000Earnings Report

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This page (NYSE:RY) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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