Ally Financial (ALLY) Competitors

Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is ALLY or FITB more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 6.96%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.64% beat Ally Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ally Financial	6.96%	9.53%	0.59%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.65%	13.64%	1.14%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ALLY or FITB?

88.8% of Ally Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ALLY or FITB a better dividend stock?

Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ally Financial pays out 88.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ALLY or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Ally Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ally Financial, 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
Ally Financial	$8.18B	1.48	$668M	$1.36	28.93
Fifth Third Bancorp	$8.29B	3.47	$2.31B	$3.15	13.67

Do analysts prefer ALLY or FITB?

Ally Financial currently has a consensus price target of $42.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.44%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.53, indicating a potential upside of 10.41%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Ally Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ally Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Does the media prefer ALLY or FITB?

In the previous week, Ally Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ally Financial and 16 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ally Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ally Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ALLY or FITB?

Ally Financial has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Ally Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.