Banco Bradesco (BBD) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, UBS or BBD?

UBS Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bradesco has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UBS or BBD a better dividend stock?

UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Banco Bradesco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. UBS Group pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bradesco pays out 6.7% 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 Bradesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to UBS or BBD?

In the previous week, UBS Group had 107 more articles in the media than Banco Bradesco. MarketBeat recorded 111 mentions for UBS Group and 4 mentions for Banco Bradesco. Banco Bradesco's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat UBS Group's score of 0.71 indicating that Banco Bradesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UBS Group	29 Very Positive mention(s)	31 Positive mention(s)	27 Neutral mention(s)	23 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Bradesco	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UBS or BBD more profitable?

Banco Bradesco has a net margin of 8.46% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 6.93%. Banco Bradesco's return on equity of 11.43% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UBS Group	6.93%	5.93%	0.32%
Banco Bradesco	8.46%	11.43%	0.95%

Which has better earnings & valuation, UBS or BBD?

UBS Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
UBS Group	$45.35B	2.06	$5.09B	$1.52	19.15
Banco Bradesco	$105.33B	0.23	$3.20B	$0.30	7.75

Do analysts prefer UBS or BBD?

Banco Bradesco has a consensus price target of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.23%. Given Banco Bradesco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Banco Bradesco is more favorable than UBS Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UBS Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Banco Bradesco	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UBS or BBD?

UBS Group received 404 more outperform votes than Banco Bradesco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.41% of users gave Banco Bradesco an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UBS Group	Outperform Votes 737 55.00%	Underperform Votes 603 45.00%
Banco Bradesco	Outperform Votes 333 57.41%	Underperform Votes 247 42.59%

Summary

UBS Group and Banco Bradesco tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.