SAN vs. BMO, BBVA, SMFG, ING, IBN, CM, LYG, BCS, HDB, and TD
Should you be buying Banco Santander stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander include Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), ING Groep (ING), ICICI Bank (IBN), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BCS), HDFC Bank (HDB), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) and Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $4.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Banco Santander pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Montreal pays out 82.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Montreal. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Montreal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
2.1% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 19.29% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 7.40%. Bank of Montreal's return on equity of 11.89% beat Banco Santander's return on equity.
Bank of Montreal has a consensus target price of $131.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.47%. Given Bank of Montreal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than Banco Santander.
Banco Santander received 21 more outperform votes than Bank of Montreal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote while only 49.56% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.
Banco Santander has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Banco Santander had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of Montreal. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Banco Santander and 6 mentions for Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.30 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Banco Santander on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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