WFC vs. USB, CMA, BLX, JPM, BAC, C, PNC, COF, TFC, and HBAN
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), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Capital One Financial (COF), Truist Financial (TFC), and Huntington Bancshares (HBAN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 7 more articles in the media than U.S. Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 9 mentions for U.S. Bancorp. U.S. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Wells Fargo & Company's score of 0.56 indicating that U.S. Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wells Fargo & Company has a net margin of 15.63% compared to U.S. Bancorp's net margin of 12.13%. U.S. Bancorp's return on equity of 13.93% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.
Wells Fargo & Company received 727 more outperform votes than U.S. Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.11% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote.
Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Bancorp pays out 64.9% 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.
75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Wells Fargo & Company has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Bancorp. Wells Fargo & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wells Fargo & Company presently has a consensus price target of $58.99, indicating a potential upside of 2.73%. U.S. Bancorp has a consensus price target of $46.02, indicating a potential upside of 18.52%. Given U.S. Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.
Summary
Wells Fargo & Company beats U.S. Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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