BBVA vs. BMO, ING, SMFG, SAN, CM, LYG, BCS, IBN, NWG, and TD
Should you be buying Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria include Bank of Montreal (BMO), ING Groep (ING), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BCS), ICICI Bank (IBN), NatWest Group (NWG), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) and Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $4.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Montreal pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
3.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of Montreal received 75 more outperform votes than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria an outperform vote.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bank of Montreal. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Montreal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had 7 more articles in the media than Bank of Montreal. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and 4 mentions for Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's score of -0.35 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a net margin of 26.90% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 7.40%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's return on equity of 15.34% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
Bank of Montreal has a consensus target price of $131.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.73%. Given Bank of Montreal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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