MFG vs. UBS, JPM, BAC, WFC, C, USB, PNC, COF, TFC, and HBAN
Should you be buying Mizuho Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mizuho Financial Group include UBS Group (UBS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Citigroup (C), U.S. Bancorp (USB), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Capital One Financial (COF), Truist Financial (TFC), and Huntington Bancshares (HBAN). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) and Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
UBS Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mizuho Financial Group has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.3% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of UBS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UBS Group has a net margin of 39.78% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 8.48%. Mizuho Financial Group's return on equity of 7.78% beat UBS Group's return on equity.
UBS Group received 300 more outperform votes than Mizuho Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.63% of users gave Mizuho Financial Group an outperform vote while only 56.26% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.
UBS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mizuho Financial Group. UBS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mizuho Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, UBS Group had 15 more articles in the media than Mizuho Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for UBS Group and 3 mentions for Mizuho Financial Group. Mizuho Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat UBS Group's score of -0.08 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Mizuho Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. UBS Group pays out 2.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mizuho Financial Group pays out 27.8% 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. UBS Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Summary
UBS Group beats Mizuho Financial Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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