Citizens Financial Group (CFG) Competitors

ING Groep (NYSE:ING) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Is ING or CFG more profitable?

ING Groep has a net margin of 28.30% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 12.21%. ING Groep's return on equity of 11.81% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ING Groep	28.30%	11.81%	0.61%
Citizens Financial Group	12.21%	6.75%	0.68%

Do analysts rate ING or CFG?

Citizens Financial Group has a consensus price target of $49.06, suggesting a potential upside of 36.04%. Given Citizens Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than ING Groep.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ING Groep	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Citizens Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Does the media prefer ING or CFG?

In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 7 more articles in the media than ING Groep. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 16 mentions for ING Groep. ING Groep's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 1.14 indicating that ING Groep is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ING Groep	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Citizens Financial Group	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ING or CFG?

4.5% of ING Groep shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ING or CFG?

ING Groep has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ING or CFG a better dividend stock?

ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. ING Groep pays out 60.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 55.4% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ING or CFG?

ING Groep has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens Financial Group. ING Groep is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Group, 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
ING Groep	$22.53B	2.88	$6.92B	$2.14	8.66
Citizens Financial Group	$7.79B	2.02	$1.51B	$3.03	11.90

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ING or CFG?

Citizens Financial Group received 32 more outperform votes than ING Groep when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.87% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 54.83% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ING Groep	Outperform Votes 505 54.83%	Underperform Votes 416 45.17%
Citizens Financial Group	Outperform Votes 537 61.87%	Underperform Votes 331 38.13%

Summary

Citizens Financial Group beats ING Groep on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.