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Citizens Financial Group (CFG) Competitors

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$46.12 +0.07 (+0.15%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

CFG vs. SAN, BNS, NU, MFG, CM, ITUB, BBVA, ING, 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), NU (NU), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Itaú Unibanco (ITUB), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ING Groep (ING), Barclays (BCS), and NatWest Group (NWG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Citizens Financial Group vs.

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

94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Citizens Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company 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.

Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 10 mentions for Banco Santander. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.34 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Citizens Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $43.80, suggesting a potential downside of 5.03%. Given Citizens Financial Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Citizens Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

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
Citizens Financial Group$12.19B1.67$1.61B$2.5418.16
Banco Santander$62.61B1.20$11.99B$0.805.95

Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Citizens Financial Group pays out 66.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 18.8% 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.

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
Citizens Financial Group10.37% 5.73% 0.58%
Banco Santander 15.76%11.70%0.68%

Banco Santander received 45 more outperform votes than Citizens Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.04% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Citizens Financial GroupOutperform Votes
528
62.04%
Underperform Votes
323
37.96%
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
573
49.87%
Underperform Votes
576
50.13%

Summary

Banco Santander beats Citizens Financial Group on 11 of the 21 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$20.33B$3.16B$10.35B$19.85B
Dividend Yield3.59%3.51%10.18%3.52%
P/E Ratio18.1617.3749.6042.73
Price / Sales1.672.973,386.8319.27
Price / Cash10.4511.1530.6817.86
Price / Book0.961.322.895.52
Net Income$1.61B$405.80M$994.27M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.99%-0.79%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance12.32%8.53%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance71.58%35.96%24.11%24.67%

Citizens Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6463 of 5 stars
$46.12
+0.2%
$43.80
-5.0%
+67.2%$20.33B$12.19B18.1617,570Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
4.4152 of 5 stars
$4.76
-0.8%
N/A+17.7%$75.96B$62.14B5.95212,764Analyst Downgrade
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
4.1151 of 5 stars
$56.30
+0.3%
$69.00
+22.6%
+26.7%$70.06B$52.53B13.4789,483Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
NU
NU
4.2008 of 5 stars
$13.32
-1.1%
$16.21
+21.8%
+63.4%$64.15B$8.03B36.997,686Options Volume
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
4.4117 of 5 stars
$4.91
-1.4%
N/A+40.7%$63.11B$60.60B13.2752,307
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
4.4628 of 5 stars
$64.88
+0.9%
$81.00
+24.8%
+64.0%$61.29B$24.77B12.7548,074Positive News
ITUB
Itaú Unibanco
4.4631 of 5 stars
$5.96
-0.3%
$7.50
+25.8%
-5.8%$58.41B$156.52B7.6495,702Positive News
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
3.5634 of 5 stars
$9.74
-1.3%
N/A+7.8%$56.86B$31.97B5.60121,486
ING
ING Groep
3.7297 of 5 stars
$15.70
-0.7%
N/A+12.7%$55.27B$24.43B7.0446,000
BCS
Barclays
3.1048 of 5 stars
$13.24
+1.1%
N/A+84.3%$47.93B$25.43B9.0092,400
NWG
NatWest Group
3.4788 of 5 stars
$10.20
+1.5%
N/A+94.7%$41.73B$30.75B7.7363,700

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This page (NYSE:CFG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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