SMFG vs. SAN, BMO, ING, BBVA, CM, LYG, NWG, BCS, IBN, and MUFG
Should you be buying Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group include Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), NatWest Group (NWG), Barclays (BCS), ICICI Bank (IBN), and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group vs.
Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
1.9% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
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.
Banco Santander presently has a consensus target price of $3.70, indicating a potential upside of 15.09%. Given Banco Santander's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Banco Santander is more favorable than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.
Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Banco Santander pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 32.2% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Banco Santander has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Banco Santander had 8 more articles in the media than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Banco Santander and 1 mentions for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.59 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Banco Santander beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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