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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Competitors

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$11.68 -0.39 (-3.23%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

MUFG vs. BAC, RY, HDB, C, IBN, UBS, TD, HSBC, SMFG, and SAN

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), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), HSBC (HSBC), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group vs.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE:MUFG) 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, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Bank of America received 1822 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.43% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 64.14% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of AmericaOutperform Votes
2008
65.43%
Underperform Votes
1061
34.57%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupOutperform Votes
186
64.14%
Underperform Votes
104
35.86%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a net margin of 13.89% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 12.48%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.09% beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America12.48% 10.09% 0.83%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 13.89%8.97%0.46%

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.

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$171.91B2.09$26.52B$2.7517.00
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group$82.36B1.65$10.29B$1.0211.45

Bank of America has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Bank of America pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 19.6% 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 raised 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 currently has a consensus price target of $44.26, indicating a potential downside of 5.33%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Bank of America had 55 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for Bank of America and 11 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
44 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Bank of America beats Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on 20 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MUFG vs. The Competition

MetricMitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$136.16B$36.43B$11.07B$19.76B
Dividend Yield1.74%4.18%5.95%3.50%
P/E Ratio11.458.8326.8937.06
Price / Sales1.651.7243.9817.77
Price / Cash10.2510.0218.4821.54
Price / Book0.961.213.714.64
Net Income$10.29B$3.15B$998.34M$982.94M
7 Day Performance1.30%0.19%-0.06%-2.12%
1 Month Performance7.75%1.88%1.87%-0.39%
1 Year Performance37.25%47.19%24.81%23.34%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.6135 of 5 stars
$11.68
-3.2%
N/A+39.9%$136.16B$82.36B11.45140,000Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BAC
Bank of America
4.8289 of 5 stars
$45.88
-0.4%
N/A+58.3%$353.57B$171.91B16.68213,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.447 of 5 stars
$123.89
-0.1%
N/A+39.6%$175.35B$87.48B14.9891,398Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.6926 of 5 stars
$62.14
-3.7%
N/A+7.1%$157.36B$2.36T18.89213,527News Coverage
C
Citigroup
4.8957 of 5 stars
$69.05
-1.1%
N/A+53.9%$131.73B$156.82B20.01239,000Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.0552 of 5 stars
$29.95
-0.2%
N/A+32.3%$105.52B$20.04B20.37187,765Stock Split
Short Interest ↑
UBS
UBS Group
3.0325 of 5 stars
$32.05
-1.8%
N/A+24.4%$104.69B$65.28B26.71112,842Short Interest ↓
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.6977 of 5 stars
$56.15
-1.4%
N/A-8.1%$99.54B$75.05B17.94103,257Short Interest ↓
HSBC
HSBC
2.9796 of 5 stars
$44.61
-1.6%
N/A+20.2%$97.81B$131.13B7.37220,861
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.9692 of 5 stars
$13.94
-0.6%
N/A+45.1%$91.70B$64.79B12.78120,000Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
4.4178 of 5 stars
$4.67
-2.5%
N/A+20.8%$75.80B$62.14B5.84212,764Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:MUFG) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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