Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) Competitors

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend DB or C?

Citigroup has a consensus target price of $83.93, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. Given Citigroup's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Citigroup is more favorable than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Citigroup	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DB or C?

27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Citigroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Citigroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DB or C more profitable?

Citigroup has a net margin of 7.43% compared to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's net margin of 4.66%. Citigroup's return on equity of 6.62% beat Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	4.66%	3.90%	0.22%
Citigroup	7.43%	6.62%	0.53%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DB or C?

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft received 531 more outperform votes than Citigroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.63% of users gave Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft an outperform vote while only 42.69% of users gave Citigroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Outperform Votes 791 51.63%	Underperform Votes 741 48.37%
Citigroup	Outperform Votes 260 42.69%	Underperform Votes 349 57.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, DB or C?

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citigroup has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DB or C?

In the previous week, Citigroup had 89 more articles in the media than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. MarketBeat recorded 102 mentions for Citigroup and 13 mentions for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. Citigroup's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's score of 0.63 indicating that Citigroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Citigroup	56 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DB or C?

Citigroup has higher revenue and earnings than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. Citigroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, 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
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$71.84B	0.56	$3.64B	$1.39	14.63
Citigroup	$170.76B	0.89	$12.68B	$5.95	13.47

Summary

Citigroup beats Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.