ORIX (IX) Competitors

Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) and ORIX (NYSE:IX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate SAN or IX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
ORIX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SAN or IX?

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than ORIX. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ORIX, 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
Banco Santander	$62.14B	1.25	$11.99B	$0.80	6.12
ORIX	$19.50B	1.23	$2.39B	$11.60	8.87

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SAN or IX?

9.2% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of ORIX shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ORIX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SAN or IX a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ORIX pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banco Santander pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ORIX pays out 28.3% 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. Banco Santander is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SAN or IX more profitable?

Banco Santander has a net margin of 15.76% compared to ORIX's net margin of 14.08%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 11.70% beat ORIX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander	15.76%	11.70%	0.68%
ORIX	14.08%	10.01%	2.46%

Which has more volatility and risk, SAN or IX?

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ORIX has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SAN or IX?

Banco Santander received 384 more outperform votes than ORIX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.50% of users gave ORIX an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 575 49.91%	Underperform Votes 577 50.09%
ORIX	Outperform Votes 191 59.50%	Underperform Votes 130 40.50%

Does the media prefer SAN or IX?

In the previous week, Banco Santander had 10 more articles in the media than ORIX. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Banco Santander and 2 mentions for ORIX. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat ORIX's score of 0.20 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ORIX	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Banco Santander beats ORIX on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.