MUFG vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, C, IBN, TD, SMFG, SAN, and UBS
Should you be buying Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), and UBS Group (UBS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group vs.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
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.
Bank of America received 1914 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.77% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 63.27% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 32.3% 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. 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.
Bank of America has a consensus target price of $48.45, suggesting a potential upside of 13.71%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 88 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 101 mentions for Bank of America and 13 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.6% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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