Banco Bradesco (BBD) Competitors

Banco Bradesco (NYSE:BBD) and UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Is BBD or UBS a better dividend stock?

Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Banco Bradesco pays out 8.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UBS Group pays out 11.6% 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 increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Banco Bradesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BBD or UBS?

UBS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, 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
Banco Bradesco	$37.55B	0.83	$3.20B	$0.35	8.39
UBS Group	$45.54B	2.79	$5.09B	$1.89	20.98

Is BBD or UBS more profitable?

Banco Bradesco has a net margin of 9.76% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 9.21%. Banco Bradesco's return on equity of 12.96% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Bradesco	9.76%	12.96%	1.07%
UBS Group	9.21%	7.17%	0.39%

Do analysts rate BBD or UBS?

Banco Bradesco presently has a consensus target price of $2.40, indicating a potential downside of 18.23%. Given Banco Bradesco's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Banco Bradesco is more favorable than UBS Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
UBS Group	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Which has more volatility & risk, BBD or UBS?

Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBS Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BBD or UBS?

In the previous week, UBS Group had 98 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 103 mentions for UBS Group and 5 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat UBS Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Bradesco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UBS Group	26 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	45 Neutral mention(s)	25 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

UBS Group beats Banco Bradesco on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.