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Citizens Financial Group (CFG) Competitors

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$43.45 +1.00 (+2.36%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

CFG vs. SAN, BNS, MFG, CM, BBVA, NU, ING, ITUB, BCS, and NWG

Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), NU (NU), ING Groep (ING), Itaú Unibanco (ITUB), Barclays (BCS), and NatWest Group (NWG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Citizens Financial Group vs.

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

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Banco Santander received 42 more outperform votes than Citizens Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.19% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
575
49.91%
Underperform Votes
577
50.09%
Citizens Financial GroupOutperform Votes
533
62.19%
Underperform Votes
324
37.81%

Banco Santander has a net margin of 15.76% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 10.37%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 11.70% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banco Santander15.76% 11.70% 0.68%
Citizens Financial Group 10.37%5.73%0.58%

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens Financial Group. Banco Santander 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander$62.61B1.14$11.99B$0.805.64
Citizens Financial Group$7.81B2.45$1.61B$2.5417.11

In the previous week, Banco Santander had 1 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Banco Santander and 12 mentions for Citizens Financial Group. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.33 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Citizens Financial Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

9.2% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco Santander pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 66.1% 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.

Citizens Financial Group has a consensus target price of $47.41, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. Given Citizens Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Citizens Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Summary

Banco Santander beats Citizens Financial Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CFG vs. The Competition

MetricCitizens Financial GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.15B$3.10B$10.59B$19.18B
Dividend Yield3.94%3.52%10.09%3.58%
P/E Ratio17.1116.4937.8041.22
Price / Sales2.453.28286.0517.58
Price / Cash10.3311.2830.4421.28
Price / Book0.911.262.695.32
Net Income$1.61B$406.76M$1.03B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-4.92%-4.73%-2.80%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-7.27%-4.98%-2.77%-3.73%
1 Year Performance32.05%14.29%11.00%12.06%

Citizens Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.4274 of 5 stars
$43.45
+2.4%
$47.41
+9.1%
+34.2%$19.15B$7.81B17.1117,570Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SAN
Banco Santander
3.9464 of 5 stars
$4.88
-0.6%
N/A+11.4%$77.23B$62.14B6.14212,764
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
4.5685 of 5 stars
$55.11
-0.6%
$72.00
+30.6%
+14.9%$68.62B$33.62B12.8389,483
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
4.2425 of 5 stars
$5.00
-0.4%
N/A+47.4%$63.36B$3.40T13.5752,307News Coverage
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
4.7886 of 5 stars
$66.05
-0.2%
$89.00
+34.7%
+37.6%$62.39B$25.53B12.3648,074
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
3.4231 of 5 stars
$10.29
+1.0%
N/A+9.8%$60.07B$31.97B5.86121,486Short Interest ↓
NU
NU
4.3937 of 5 stars
$11.75
-1.6%
$15.63
+33.0%
+28.1%$56.00B$7.85B32.867,686
ING
ING Groep
2.9042 of 5 stars
$15.55
+0.1%
N/A+3.7%$54.40B$22.45B6.9646,000
ITUB
Itaú Unibanco
4.5678 of 5 stars
$5.24
-0.6%
$7.50
+43.1%
-23.5%$51.36B$156.52B6.7695,702Positive News
Gap Up
BCS
Barclays
2.6726 of 5 stars
$13.70
+1.1%
N/A+70.5%$49.43B$25.43B9.3292,400Analyst Upgrade
NWG
NatWest Group
2.6556 of 5 stars
$10.43
+0.6%
N/A+82.1%$41.95B$30.75B7.8663,700

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This page (NYSE:CFG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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