BMO vs. HSBC, MUFG, RY, HDB, C, UBS, IBN, TD, SAN, and SMFG
Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include HSBC (HSBC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bank of Montreal vs.
Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 9.22%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Bank of Montreal's return on equity.
45.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Montreal. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Montreal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HSBC received 392 more outperform votes than Bank of Montreal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 56.57% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote.
Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $4.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Bank of Montreal pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 115.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, HSBC had 29 more articles in the media than Bank of Montreal. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for HSBC and 10 mentions for Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat HSBC's score of 0.56 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of Montreal currently has a consensus target price of $128.40, indicating a potential upside of 30.94%. Given Bank of Montreal's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than HSBC.
Summary
HSBC beats Bank of Montreal on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BMO) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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