Ally Financial (ALLY) Competitors

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) and Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DB or ALLY?

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has higher revenue and earnings than Ally Financial. Ally Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, 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
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$29.49B	1.57	$3.64B	$1.39	16.72
Ally Financial	$8.90B	1.16	$668M	$2.60	12.89

Does the media favor DB or ALLY?

In the previous week, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft had 18 more articles in the media than Ally Financial. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and 16 mentions for Ally Financial. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's score of 0.57 indicating that Ally Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ally Financial	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DB or ALLY more profitable?

Ally Financial has a net margin of 11.29% compared to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's net margin of 4.66%. Ally Financial's return on equity of 9.31% beat Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	4.66%	3.90%	0.22%
Ally Financial	11.29%	9.31%	0.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DB or ALLY?

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft received 31 more outperform votes than Ally Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Ally Financial an outperform vote while only 51.70% of users gave Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Outperform Votes 805 51.70%	Underperform Votes 752 48.30%
Ally Financial	Outperform Votes 774 64.29%	Underperform Votes 430 35.71%

Do analysts prefer DB or ALLY?

Ally Financial has a consensus price target of $43.76, suggesting a potential upside of 30.54%. Given Ally Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ally Financial is more favorable than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Ally Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

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

27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DB or ALLY a better dividend stock?

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of $0.2110 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ally Financial pays out 46.2% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, DB or ALLY?

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ally Financial has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ally Financial beats Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.