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$16.14 -0.13 (-0.77%)
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SMFG vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, HDB, MUFG, C, SAN, TD, UBS, and IBN

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), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), and ICICI Bank (IBN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

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

70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Bank of America pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 42.1% 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 increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $57.23, indicating a potential upside of 11.09%. Given Bank of America's higher probable upside, equities 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
Bank of America
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Bank of America has a net margin of 15.70% compared to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's net margin of 11.78%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.76% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America15.70% 10.76% 0.88%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 11.78%7.88%0.40%

Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Bank of America had 158 more articles in the media than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 162 mentions for Bank of America and 4 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 0.85 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
87 Very Positive mention(s)
27 Positive mention(s)
30 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank of America has higher revenue and 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
Bank of America$192.43B1.98$27.13B$3.6714.04
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group$66.82B1.55$3.36B$0.9516.98

Summary

Bank of America beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMFG vs. The Competition

MetricSumitomo Mitsui Financial GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$104.54B$69.76B$12.65B$22.01B
Dividend Yield2.45%3.49%5.57%3.60%
P/E Ratio16.988.9720.8930.07
Price / Sales1.554.2929.8961.54
Price / Cash10.419.7222.4024.48
Price / Book0.961.402.254.67
Net Income$3.36B$6.73B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.00%0.22%-0.70%0.03%
1 Month Performance-4.41%0.00%-1.49%0.21%
1 Year Performance26.30%35.83%572.14%11.07%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.2259 of 5 stars
$16.14
-0.8%
N/A+23.5%$104.54B$66.82B16.98123,000Gap Up
BAC
Bank of America
4.9511 of 5 stars
$48.86
+0.4%
$54.64
+11.8%
+22.9%$360.35B$192.43B14.23213,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
HSBC
HSBC
3.0843 of 5 stars
$66.60
+1.0%
$63.00
-5.4%
+46.8%$227.46B$141.75B9.35211,304Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.8198 of 5 stars
$144.53
+0.6%
$177.50
+22.8%
+16.6%$201.86B$98.71B14.6794,838Positive News
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.1105 of 5 stars
$35.05
+0.6%
N/A+20.1%$177.63B$55.70B21.36214,521
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.0666 of 5 stars
$14.85
+1.5%
N/A+40.4%$176.43B$89.51B12.82150,800
C
Citigroup
4.9823 of 5 stars
$96.18
+2.4%
$99.68
+3.6%
+57.8%$172.92B$170.76B13.87239,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
SAN
Banco Santander
4.1281 of 5 stars
$10.06
+3.1%
N/A+95.3%$145.13B$66.96B11.21199,958News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
3.9953 of 5 stars
$78.83
+0.7%
$93.00
+18.0%
+41.7%$133.21B$88.27B13.16102,190Positive News
UBS
UBS Group
3.5588 of 5 stars
$40.42
+1.7%
N/A+16.7%$127.42B$84.56B21.03108,648Trending News
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.0194 of 5 stars
$31.17
+0.3%
N/A+4.8%$111.04B$22.68B19.19182,665News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Stock Split

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This page (NYSE:SMFG) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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