SAN vs. SMFG, BMO, ING, BBVA, LYG, CM, IBN, NWG, BCS, and MUFG
Should you be buying Banco Santander stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander include Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Bank of Montreal (BMO), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ICICI Bank (IBN), NatWest Group (NWG), Barclays (BCS), and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Santander vs.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) and Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
1.7% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Santander has a consensus price target of $3.70, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Banco Santander's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Banco Santander is more favorable than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.
Banco Santander received 314 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote while only 49.47% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 15.5% 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. Banco Santander has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Banco Santander had 10 more articles in the media than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Banco Santander and 2 mentions for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.61 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 17.93% compared to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's net margin of 13.05%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 9.79% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Banco Santander beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SAN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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