C vs. BAC, RY, HDB, MUFG, IBN, UBS, HSBC, TD, SMFG, and SAN
Should you be buying Citigroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citigroup include Bank of America (BAC), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), HSBC (HSBC), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Citigroup vs.
Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Bank of America received 1810 more outperform votes than Citigroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 47.17% of users gave Citigroup an outperform vote.
Bank of America has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Citigroup's net margin of 4.70%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.09% beat Citigroup's return on equity.
71.7% of Citigroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Citigroup shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Citigroup presently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.91%. Bank of America has a consensus target price of $44.26, suggesting a potential downside of 3.91%. Given Citigroup's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Citigroup is more favorable than Bank of America.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 11 more articles in the media than Citigroup. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Bank of America and 62 mentions for Citigroup. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Citigroup's score of 0.61 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Citigroup. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citigroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Citigroup pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Citigroup pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 37.8% 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. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Citigroup has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bank of America beats Citigroup on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:C) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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