Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Competitors

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer BBVA or RY?

Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of $156.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.64%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Royal Bank of Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BBVA or RY?

3.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BBVA or RY?

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBVA or RY?

Royal Bank of Canada received 290 more outperform votes than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.26% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 54.69% of users gave Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	Outperform Votes 472 54.69%	Underperform Votes 391 45.31%
Royal Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 762 55.26%	Underperform Votes 617 44.74%

Is BBVA or RY more profitable?

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a net margin of 28.55% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.08%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's return on equity of 17.13% beat Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	28.55%	17.13%	1.24%
Royal Bank of Canada	12.08%	15.26%	0.84%

Is BBVA or RY a better dividend stock?

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 52.9% 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 Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BBVA or RY?

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 33 more articles in the media than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 10 mentions for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's score of 0.40 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Royal Bank of Canada	8 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BBVA or RY?

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, 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 Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	$37.49B	1.51	$8.68B	$1.74	5.56
Royal Bank of Canada	$57.49B	2.97	$11.92B	$8.26	14.62

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.