BCS vs. RY, MUFG, HDB, TD, IBN, SMFG, SAN, BBVA, BMO, and ING
Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Bank of Montreal (BMO), and ING Groep (ING). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 12 more articles in the media than Barclays. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 6 mentions for Barclays. Barclays' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.54 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barclays received 634 more outperform votes than Royal Bank of Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.99% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 55.72% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. Barclays 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.
45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Barclays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus price target of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.99%. Given Barclays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Barclays.
Barclays has a net margin of 17.21% compared to Barclays' net margin of 12.12%. Barclays' return on equity of 14.98% beat Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity.
Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 38.8% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Barclays has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Barclays is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Barclays on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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