UBS Group (UBS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BAC or UBS?

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $47.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.48%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than UBS Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of America	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
UBS Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility and risk, BAC or UBS?

Bank of America has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBS Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BAC or UBS more profitable?

Bank of America has a net margin of 14.10% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 6.93%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.29% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of America	14.10%	10.29%	0.84%
UBS Group	6.93%	5.93%	0.32%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BAC or UBS?

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of UBS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BAC or UBS a better dividend stock?

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UBS Group pays out 14.5% 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. Bank of America has increased 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAC or UBS?

Bank of America received 1390 more outperform votes than UBS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.82% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2134 64.82%	Underperform Votes 1158 35.18%
UBS Group	Outperform Votes 744 54.63%	Underperform Votes 618 45.37%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BAC or UBS?

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than UBS Group. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America	$103.44B	2.93	$27.13B	$3.36	11.87
UBS Group	$45.35B	2.14	$5.09B	$1.52	19.88

Does the media prefer BAC or UBS?

In the previous week, UBS Group had 13 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 93 mentions for UBS Group and 80 mentions for Bank of America. UBS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Bank of America's score of 0.75 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of America	36 Very Positive mention(s)	17 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UBS Group	27 Very Positive mention(s)	20 Positive mention(s)	35 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Bank of America beats UBS Group on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.