CFG vs. NTRS, ALLY, EWBC, STT, BBDO, FCNCA, CBSH, MTB, WAL, and FITB
Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Northern Trust (NTRS), Ally Financial (ALLY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), State Street (STT), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), M&T Bank (MTB), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) and Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Citizens Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $37.73, suggesting a potential upside of 1.54%. Northern Trust has a consensus price target of $84.92, suggesting a potential downside of 0.69%. Given Citizens Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Northern Trust.
Citizens Financial Group has a net margin of 11.52% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 7.59%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 12.57% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 11 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Citizens Financial Group received 128 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 41.79% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.
94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Northern Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Citizens Financial Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northern Trust. Citizens Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Citizens Financial Group pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Trust pays out 66.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Trust has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Citizens Financial Group beats Northern Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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