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$73.53 +0.34 (+0.46%)
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WFC vs. USB, CMA, BLX, JPM, BAC, C, UBS, COF, PNC, and MFG

Should you be buying Wells Fargo & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wells Fargo & Company include U.S. Bancorp (USB), Comerica (CMA), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), Capital One Financial (COF), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), and Mizuho Financial Group (MFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Wells Fargo & Company vs.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wells Fargo & Company$81.58B2.91$19.72B$5.5713.12
U.S. Bancorp$27.58B2.43$6.30B$4.0410.63

In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 46 more articles in the media than U.S. Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 24 mentions for U.S. Bancorp. U.S. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Wells Fargo & Company's score of 0.87 indicating that U.S. Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wells Fargo & Company
38 Very Positive mention(s)
22 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
U.S. Bancorp
23 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Bancorp pays out 49.5% 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. Wells Fargo & Company has increased its dividend for 4 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.

Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Wells Fargo & Company currently has a consensus price target of $75.73, indicating a potential upside of 3.65%. U.S. Bancorp has a consensus price target of $50.89, indicating a potential upside of 18.47%. Given U.S. Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wells Fargo & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
U.S. Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Wells Fargo & Company received 846 more outperform votes than U.S. Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote while only 57.90% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wells Fargo & CompanyOutperform Votes
1645
61.38%
Underperform Votes
1035
38.62%
U.S. BancorpOutperform Votes
799
57.90%
Underperform Votes
581
42.10%

75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Wells Fargo & Company has a net margin of 15.73% compared to U.S. Bancorp's net margin of 14.75%. U.S. Bancorp's return on equity of 12.94% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wells Fargo & Company15.73% 12.38% 1.04%
U.S. Bancorp 14.75%12.94%0.97%

Summary

Wells Fargo & Company beats U.S. Bancorp on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WFC vs. The Competition

MetricWells Fargo & CompanyNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$237.79B$22.96B$11.46B$19.25B
Dividend Yield2.12%3.41%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio13.5812.8522.4034.49
Price / Sales2.912.9027.3234.66
Price / Cash10.7011.1617.6217.51
Price / Book1.501.192.794.67
Net Income$19.72B$2.17B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.23%-1.98%-1.05%-2.14%
1 Month Performance10.30%6.64%5.36%7.04%
1 Year Performance19.91%19.26%537.58%3.72%

Wells Fargo & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
4.3784 of 5 stars
$73.53
+0.5%
$75.73
+3.0%
+19.1%$239.33B$81.58B13.67238,000Trending News
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9758 of 5 stars
$44.74
-0.4%
$50.89
+13.7%
+4.1%$69.71B$27.58B11.8078,200Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CMA
Comerica
4.659 of 5 stars
$58.64
-0.3%
$63.22
+7.8%
+4.3%$7.71B$3.29B11.687,650Analyst Forecast
BLX
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A.
3.4639 of 5 stars
$39.70
+0.2%
$42.00
+5.8%
+28.0%$1.45B$290.14M7.26180
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.5244 of 5 stars
$265.19
-0.9%
$258.26
-2.6%
+30.8%$736.99B$172.86B13.43293,700Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BAC
Bank of America
4.7868 of 5 stars
$44.77
+0.2%
$47.50
+6.1%
+8.9%$337.20B$103.44B13.90217,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
C
Citigroup
4.9554 of 5 stars
$76.11
+0.5%
$83.97
+10.3%
+13.4%$142.15B$81.68B12.79240,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UBS
UBS Group
3.6256 of 5 stars
$33.83
+2.4%
N/A+5.2%$108.47B$44.79B22.2672,600Trending News
COF
Capital One Financial
4.7146 of 5 stars
$198.13
+0.5%
$207.73
+4.8%
+33.2%$75.91B$39.71B17.0955,900Analyst Forecast
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9909 of 5 stars
$178.72
-0.4%
$202.67
+13.4%
+8.7%$70.70B$21.11B13.0061,500Positive News
Insider Trade
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
4.5772 of 5 stars
$5.15
+0.2%
N/A+34.1%$64.87B$3.60T12.8852,400News Coverage
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