IBN vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, C, MUFG, HDB, UBS, TD, SMFG, and SAN
Should you be buying ICICI Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICICI Bank include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
ICICI Bank vs.
ICICI Bank (NYSE:IBN) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
18.2% of ICICI Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ICICI Bank. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICICI Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ICICI Bank has a net margin of 24.40% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.10%. ICICI Bank's return on equity of 15.61% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
ICICI Bank has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ICICI Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ICICI Bank pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 32.3% 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 America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Bank of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank of America received 1810 more outperform votes than ICICI Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 62.86% of users gave ICICI Bank an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 79 more articles in the media than ICICI Bank. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for Bank of America and 4 mentions for ICICI Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat ICICI Bank's score of 0.58 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of America has a consensus price target of $48.58, indicating a potential upside of 6.81%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than ICICI Bank.
Summary
Bank of America beats ICICI Bank on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IBN) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
