Mizuho Financial Group (MFG) Competitors

Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is MFG or HSBC more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Mizuho Financial Group's net margin of 7.85%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.14% beat Mizuho Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mizuho Financial Group	7.85%	8.56%	0.33%
HSBC	16.17%	12.14%	0.79%

Does the media refer more to MFG or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 39 more articles in the media than Mizuho Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for HSBC and 5 mentions for Mizuho Financial Group. Mizuho Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat HSBC's score of 0.60 indicating that Mizuho Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mizuho Financial Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	16 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MFG or HSBC?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Mizuho Financial Group. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mizuho Financial Group, 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
Mizuho Financial Group	$60.60B	1.17	$6.30B	$0.40	14.04
HSBC	$141.75B	1.42	$23.53B	$6.20	9.04

Which has more risk and volatility, MFG or HSBC?

Mizuho Financial Group has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MFG or HSBC?

HSBC received 596 more outperform votes than Mizuho Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.63% of users gave Mizuho Financial Group an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mizuho Financial Group	Outperform Votes 325 59.63%	Underperform Votes 220 40.37%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 921 58.59%	Underperform Votes 651 41.41%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MFG or HSBC?

3.3% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MFG or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Mizuho Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Mizuho Financial Group pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 31.9% 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. HSBC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate MFG or HSBC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mizuho Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

HSBC beats Mizuho Financial Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.