ING Groep (ING) Competitors

ING Groep (NYSE:ING) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is ING or RY a better dividend stock?

ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ING Groep pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.7% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. ING Groep is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ING or RY?

4.5% of ING Groep shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ING or RY more profitable?

ING Groep has a net margin of 30.06% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.28%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 15.17% beat ING Groep's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ING Groep	30.06%	12.49%	0.66%
Royal Bank of Canada	12.28%	15.17%	0.84%

Do analysts prefer ING or RY?

Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.89%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than ING Groep.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ING Groep	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Royal Bank of Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, ING or RY?

ING Groep has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ING or RY?

Royal Bank of Canada received 250 more outperform votes than ING Groep when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.32% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ING Groep	Outperform Votes 504 54.78%	Underperform Votes 416 45.22%
Royal Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 754 55.32%	Underperform Votes 609 44.68%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ING or RY?

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than ING Groep. ING Groep is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, 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
ING Groep	$22.45B	2.38	$4.48B	$2.23	6.84
Royal Bank of Canada	$60.00B	2.95	$11.02B	$8.27	15.13

Does the media favor ING or RY?

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 39 more articles in the media than ING Groep. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 9 mentions for ING Groep. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat ING Groep's score of 0.53 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ING Groep	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Royal Bank of Canada	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats ING Groep on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.