ICICI Bank (IBN) Competitors

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and ICICI Bank (NYSE:IBN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, BAC or IBN?

Bank of America has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICICI Bank has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAC or IBN?

Bank of America received 1854 more outperform votes than ICICI Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 62.71% of users gave ICICI Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2113 64.78%	Underperform Votes 1149 35.22%
ICICI Bank	Outperform Votes 259 62.71%	Underperform Votes 154 37.29%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BAC or IBN?

Bank of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America	$101.89B	2.73	$27.13B	$3.22	11.38
ICICI Bank	$1.95T	0.06	$5.36B	$1.51	20.71

Is BAC or IBN a better dividend stock?

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. ICICI Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Bank of America pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICICI Bank pays out 13.2% 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. 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.

Does the media prefer BAC or IBN?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 127 more articles in the media than ICICI Bank. MarketBeat recorded 129 mentions for Bank of America and 2 mentions for ICICI Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat ICICI Bank's score of 0.27 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of America	55 Very Positive mention(s)	19 Positive mention(s)	39 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	7 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ICICI Bank	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BAC or IBN?

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $48.31, suggesting a potential upside of 31.85%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than ICICI Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of America	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
ICICI Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BAC or IBN?

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.2% of ICICI Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BAC or IBN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of America	14.10%	10.29%	0.84%
ICICI Bank	24.40%	15.61%	1.85%

Summary

Bank of America beats ICICI Bank on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.