BMO vs. BBVA, ING, SMFG, SAN, CM, IBN, LYG, BCS, TD, and NWG
Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ING Groep (ING), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ICICI Bank (IBN), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BCS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), and NatWest Group (NWG). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $2.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Bank of Montreal pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays out 46.3% 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.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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 15.48% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
Bank of Montreal currently has a consensus target price of $131.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.16%. Given Bank of Montreal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
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.
45.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had 20 more articles in the media than Bank of Montreal. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and 9 mentions for Bank of Montreal. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Bank of Montreal's score of 0.48 indicating that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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