MCO vs. BN, EQIX, CME, ICE, SMFG, BMO, SAN, USB, BBVA, and PNC
Should you be buying Moody's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moody's include Brookfield (BN), Equinix (EQIX), CME Group (CME), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Santander (SAN), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), and The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Moody's (NYSE:MCO) and Brookfield (NYSE:BN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Moody's has a net margin of 27.01% compared to Brookfield's net margin of 1.16%. Moody's' return on equity of 54.50% beat Brookfield's return on equity.
Moody's has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.1% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned 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.
Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Moody's pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield pays out 52.5% 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. Moody's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Moody's received 494 more outperform votes than Brookfield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Brookfield an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote.
Moody's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield. Moody's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Moody's had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Moody's and 11 mentions for Brookfield. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Brookfield's score of 0.79 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Moody's currently has a consensus price target of $400.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.24%. Brookfield has a consensus price target of $48.10, indicating a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Brookfield's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield is more favorable than Moody's.
Summary
Moody's beats Brookfield on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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