UBS vs. AEG, AMP, BK, DB, EQH, GS, IVZ, MS, PRU, and SF
Should you be buying UBS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UBS Group include Aegon (AEG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), Equitable (EQH), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Invesco (IVZ), Morgan Stanley (MS), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
UBS Group vs. Its Competitors
UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) and Aegon (NYSE:AEG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
UBS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aegon. Aegon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4.3% of Aegon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of UBS Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UBS Group has a net margin of 9.21% compared to Aegon's net margin of 0.00%. UBS Group's return on equity of 7.17% beat Aegon's return on equity.
UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. UBS Group pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aegon pays out 39.6% 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. UBS Group has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
In the previous week, UBS Group had 34 more articles in the media than Aegon. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for UBS Group and 5 mentions for Aegon. UBS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Aegon's score of 0.26 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UBS Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegon has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UBS Group beats Aegon on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UBS) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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