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U.S. Bancorp (USB) Competitors

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USB vs. BAC, BRK.A, BRK.B, CFG, JPM, KEY, MTB, PNC, TFC, and WFC

Should you be buying U.S. Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Bancorp include Bank of America (BAC), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), KeyCorp (KEY), M&T Bank (MTB), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

U.S. Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Bank of America pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Bancorp pays out 47.8% 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 and U.S. Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. U.S. Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$192.43B1.91$27.13B$3.4214.29
U.S. Bancorp$42.71B1.70$6.30B$4.1811.13

Bank of America presently has a consensus price target of $50.03, indicating a potential upside of 2.34%. U.S. Bancorp has a consensus price target of $52.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. Given U.S. Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Bank of America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of America
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
U.S. Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Bank of America had 31 more articles in the media than U.S. Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 104 mentions for Bank of America and 73 mentions for U.S. Bancorp. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat U.S. Bancorp's score of 0.90 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
63 Very Positive mention(s)
22 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
U.S. Bancorp
40 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

U.S. Bancorp has a net margin of 16.30% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.81%. U.S. Bancorp's return on equity of 13.08% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America14.81% 10.25% 0.84%
U.S. Bancorp 16.30%13.08%1.02%

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bank of America beats U.S. Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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USB vs. The Competition

MetricU.S. BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$72.60B$35.38B$12.28B$21.10B
Dividend Yield4.33%3.43%5.55%3.62%
P/E Ratio11.1512.7119.1627.87
Price / Sales1.702.1226.2872.98
Price / Cash9.5610.5121.6822.61
Price / Book1.321.392.304.70
Net Income$6.30B$2.60B$998.01M$993.85M
7 Day Performance2.85%2.57%1.13%1.78%
1 Month Performance4.46%9.05%4.20%5.67%
1 Year Performance3.94%22.34%541.87%13.11%

U.S. Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9815 of 5 stars
$46.53
+0.5%
$52.50
+12.8%
+1.6%$72.49B$42.71B11.1370,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
BAC
Bank of America
4.8997 of 5 stars
$46.99
+0.6%
$48.89
+4.0%
+13.4%$353.69B$192.43B13.98213,000Trending News
Dividend Increase
Buyback Announcement
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.5373 of 5 stars
$715,694.01
+0.4%
N/A+11.1%$1.03T$415.78B12.71372,000
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.7083 of 5 stars
$477.26
+0.3%
$520.00
+9.0%
+11.2%$1.03T$371.43B12.72392,400
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.4811 of 5 stars
$47.82
+0.3%
$49.32
+3.1%
+17.9%$20.87B$12.36B15.1617,287Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.8881 of 5 stars
$288.59
+0.6%
$284.42
-1.4%
+40.9%$801.64B$278.91B14.16317,233Trending News
Analyst Revision
KEY
KeyCorp
4.7658 of 5 stars
$18.33
0.0%
$19.18
+4.7%
+18.4%$20.08B$9.24B-107.7916,753Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9376 of 5 stars
$202.89
+0.5%
$211.48
+4.2%
+13.8%$32.53B$13.45B13.5722,354Positive News
Insider Trade
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8919 of 5 stars
$197.23
+0.1%
$209.11
+6.0%
+10.8%$77.93B$34.44B13.9155,184Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.7353 of 5 stars
$45.61
+0.4%
$48.44
+6.2%
+3.7%$59.66B$24.25B13.4438,335Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
4.8088 of 5 stars
$83.36
+1.0%
$80.13
-3.9%
+40.0%$270.95B$81.58B14.95217,000Trending News
Analyst Revision

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