Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Competitors

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BAC or MUFG?

Bank of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, 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
Bank of America	$101.89B	2.73	$27.13B	$3.22	11.38
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	$6.78T	0.02	$10.29B	$1.09	10.70

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAC or MUFG?

Bank of America received 1927 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 62.84% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2113 64.78%	Underperform Votes 1149 35.22%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	Outperform Votes 186 62.84%	Underperform Votes 110 37.16%

Does the media prefer BAC or MUFG?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 114 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 128 mentions for Bank of America and 14 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Bank of America's score of 0.63 indicating that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of America	55 Very Positive mention(s)	19 Positive mention(s)	38 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	7 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BAC or MUFG?

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BAC or MUFG?

Bank of America has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BAC or MUFG a better dividend stock?

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Bank of America pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 23.9% 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. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Bank of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is BAC or MUFG more profitable?

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.10%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.29% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of America	14.10%	10.29%	0.84%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	14.19%	9.27%	0.49%

Do analysts rate BAC or MUFG?

Bank of America presently has a consensus price target of $48.31, indicating a potential upside of 31.85%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of America	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.