CFG vs. BMO, ING, ITUB, BNS, LYG, NU, BCS, CM, NWG, and DB
Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Bank of Montreal (BMO), ING Groep (ING), Itaú Unibanco (ITUB), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), NU (NU), Barclays (BCS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), NatWest Group (NWG), and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Citizens Financial Group vs.
Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) and Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $4.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Citizens Financial Group pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Montreal pays out 57.1% 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.
Bank of Montreal has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens Financial Group. Bank of Montreal 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.
Citizens Financial Group has a net margin of 12.21% compared to Bank of Montreal's net margin of 9.22%. Bank of Montreal's return on equity of 10.18% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.
94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Citizens Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $48.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.48%. Bank of Montreal has a consensus target price of $128.40, indicating a potential upside of 30.62%. Given Bank of Montreal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than Citizens Financial Group.
Bank of Montreal received 14 more outperform votes than Citizens Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.94% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 56.57% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 15 more articles in the media than Bank of Montreal. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 10 mentions for Bank of Montreal. Bank of Montreal's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Citizens Financial Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CFG) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
