ING Groep (ING) Competitors

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) and ING Groep (NYSE:ING) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RY or ING?

45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of ING Groep shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RY or ING?

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than ING Groep. ING Groep is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, 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
Royal Bank of Canada	$87.48B	1.77	$11.02B	$8.06	13.56
ING Groep	$24.43B	2.56	$4.48B	$2.26	7.92

Is RY or ING a better dividend stock?

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ING Groep pays out 61.1% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and ING Groep has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, RY or ING?

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ING Groep has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RY or ING?

Royal Bank of Canada received 205 more outperform votes than ING Groep when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.76% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 54.86% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Royal Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 707 55.76%	Underperform Votes 561 44.24%
ING Groep	Outperform Votes 502 54.86%	Underperform Votes 413 45.14%

Do analysts prefer RY or ING?

Royal Bank of Canada presently has a consensus price target of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.99%. Given ING Groep's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than ING Groep.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royal Bank of Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ING Groep	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is RY or ING more profitable?

ING Groep has a net margin of 32.20% compared to ING Groep's net margin of 12.12%. ING Groep's return on equity of 14.98% beat Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royal Bank of Canada	12.12%	14.98%	0.82%
ING Groep	32.20%	13.15%	0.72%

Does the media favor RY or ING?

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 9 more articles in the media than ING Groep. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 8 mentions for ING Groep. ING Groep's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.41 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royal Bank of Canada	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ING Groep	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats ING Groep on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.