MFG vs. HSBC, RY, HDB, MUFG, C, UBS, IBN, TD, SMFG, and SAN
Should you be buying Mizuho Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mizuho Financial Group include HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Mizuho Financial Group vs.
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
HSBC received 581 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 58.91% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
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.
HSBC has a net margin of 15.70% compared to Mizuho Financial Group's net margin of 7.69%. HSBC's return on equity of 10.71% beat Mizuho Financial Group's return on equity.
1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mizuho Financial Group 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.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Mizuho Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. HSBC pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mizuho Financial Group pays out 35.1% 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.
HSBC has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mizuho Financial Group has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, HSBC had 23 more articles in the media than Mizuho Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for HSBC and 0 mentions for Mizuho Financial Group. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Mizuho Financial Group's score of 0.00 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
HSBC beats Mizuho Financial Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MFG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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