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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) Competitors

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$13.86 -0.07 (-0.50%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$13.88 +0.02 (+0.11%)
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SMFG vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, TD, and UBS

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

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group vs.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 10.7% 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. Bank of America has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Bank of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America has a net margin of 14.10% compared to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's net margin of 12.61%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.29% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group12.61% 8.52% 0.44%
Bank of America 14.10%10.29%0.84%

Bank of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Bank of America 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group$5.12T0.02$6.12B$1.0313.46
Bank of America$103.44B3.02$27.13B$3.3612.23

Bank of America has a consensus price target of $47.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.02%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

In the previous week, Bank of America had 74 more articles in the media than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for Bank of America and 2 mentions for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's score of 0.63 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
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank of America
38 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

3.8% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Bank of America received 1886 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.09% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial GroupOutperform Votes
248
65.09%
Underperform Votes
133
34.91%
Bank of AmericaOutperform Votes
2134
64.82%
Underperform Votes
1158
35.18%

Summary

Bank of America beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SMFG vs. The Competition

MetricSumitomo Mitsui Financial GroupCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$89.73B$38.46B$11.27B$19.20B
Dividend Yield0.77%4.03%5.75%4.00%
P/E Ratio13.469.2522.4033.45
Price / Sales0.021.6626.5329.18
Price / Cash10.529.6317.5917.52
Price / Book0.901.362.714.55
Net Income$6.12B$3.43B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.22%1.36%1.96%2.25%
1 Month Performance2.17%6.20%3.56%2.90%
1 Year Performance19.84%31.08%535.07%4.62%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.107 of 5 stars
$13.86
-0.5%
N/A+21.1%$89.73B$5.12T13.46101,000Positive News
BAC
Bank of America
4.9473 of 5 stars
$39.78
+0.2%
$47.25
+18.8%
+11.4%$302.44B$103.44B12.35217,000
HSBC
HSBC
2.705 of 5 stars
$56.34
+0.6%
N/A+26.9%$200.63B$67.40B9.09219,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.9416 of 5 stars
$71.86
-0.4%
N/A+25.1%$181.97B$2.87T21.84141,600
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.6492 of 5 stars
$118.57
+0.7%
$156.50
+32.0%
+22.1%$167.38B$60.46B14.3591,400Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.1495 of 5 stars
$12.60
+2.7%
N/A+22.7%$152.05B$6.78T11.56135,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
C
Citigroup
4.9893 of 5 stars
$68.25
-0.3%
$84.04
+23.1%
+14.7%$128.46B$81.60B11.47240,000Insider Trade
Options Volume
Gap Up
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.16 of 5 stars
$33.52
+1.0%
N/A+24.0%$119.36B$2.06T22.20105,800Stock Split
SAN
Banco Santander
4.0363 of 5 stars
$7.44
+2.5%
N/A+47.2%$112.73B$63.84B8.96206,500Earnings Report
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.7815 of 5 stars
$62.71
+0.9%
$80.50
+28.4%
+10.1%$108.86B$57.52B18.0793,700Short Interest ↑
Positive News
UBS
UBS Group
3.4609 of 5 stars
$30.30
+0.9%
N/A+14.5%$97.15B$45.35B19.9372,600Earnings Report

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