ITUB vs. RY, MUFG, HDB, C, UBS, TD, SMFG, IBN, SAN, and BBVA
Should you be buying Itaú Unibanco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itaú Unibanco include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Itaú Unibanco vs.
Itaú Unibanco (NYSE:ITUB) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Itaú Unibanco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Itaú Unibanco pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 46.0% 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 15 consecutive years. Royal Bank of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Itaú Unibanco currently has a consensus price target of $6.90, indicating a potential upside of 20.31%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus price target of $156.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.40%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Itaú Unibanco.
Itaú Unibanco has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Itaú Unibanco has a net margin of 12.25% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.08%. Itaú Unibanco's return on equity of 19.46% beat Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity.
Royal Bank of Canada has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Itaú Unibanco. Itaú Unibanco 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.
45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Itaú Unibanco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Royal Bank of Canada received 374 more outperform votes than Itaú Unibanco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.86% of users gave Itaú Unibanco an outperform vote while only 54.07% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 19 more articles in the media than Itaú Unibanco. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 7 mentions for Itaú Unibanco. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Itaú Unibanco's score of 0.99 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Itaú Unibanco on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ITUB) was last updated on 3/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
