Barclays (BCS) Competitors

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is RY or BCS more profitable?

Barclays has a net margin of 17.83% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.28%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 15.17% beat Barclays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royal Bank of Canada	12.28%	15.17%	0.84%
Barclays	17.83%	6.30%	0.29%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RY or BCS?

45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Barclays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RY or BCS?

Barclays received 635 more outperform votes than Royal Bank of Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.42% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 55.19% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Royal Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 745 55.19%	Underperform Votes 605 44.81%
Barclays	Outperform Votes 1380 67.42%	Underperform Votes 667 32.58%

Which has better valuation and earnings, RY or BCS?

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. Barclays 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
Royal Bank of Canada	$60.00B	2.87	$11.02B	$8.27	14.73
Barclays	$25.43B	1.88	$6.54B	$1.47	9.00

Does the media refer more to RY or BCS?

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 2 more articles in the media than Barclays. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 16 mentions for Barclays. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Barclays' score of 0.17 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royal Bank of Canada	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barclays	3 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer RY or BCS?

Royal Bank of Canada presently has a consensus price target of $142.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.00%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Barclays.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royal Bank of Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Barclays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is RY or BCS a better dividend stock?

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 19.7% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Royal Bank of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, RY or BCS?

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Barclays on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.