C vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, HDB, MUFG, UBS, IBN, 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), HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Citigroup vs.
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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.
Bank of America currently has a consensus price target of $48.58, indicating a potential upside of 4.36%. Citigroup has a consensus price target of $83.93, indicating a potential upside of 4.85%. Given Citigroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Citigroup is more favorable than Bank of America.
70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Citigroup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Citigroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Bank of America received 1805 more outperform votes than Citigroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 44.30% of users gave Citigroup an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Citigroup had 17 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 158 mentions for Citigroup and 141 mentions for Bank of America. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Citigroup's score of 0.71 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citigroup has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Citigroup pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Bank of America pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citigroup pays out 64.9% 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. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Summary
Bank of America beats Citigroup on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:C) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
