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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) Competitors

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$11.50 -0.01 (-0.09%)
(As of 12/19/2024 05:31 PM ET)

MUFG vs. BAC, RY, HSBC, HDB, C, IBN, UBS, SMFG, TD, 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), HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $45.92, indicating a potential upside of 5.86%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)
8 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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%8.86%0.46%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$171.91B1.94$26.52B$2.7515.77
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group$6.55T0.02$10.29B$1.0211.27

Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America received 1842 more outperform votes than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 63.92% of users gave Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of AmericaOutperform Votes
2028
65.19%
Underperform Votes
1083
34.81%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupOutperform Votes
186
63.92%
Underperform Votes
105
36.08%

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 an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Bank of America pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group pays out 25.5% 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.

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

In the previous week, Bank of America had 42 more articles in the media than Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Bank of America and 6 mentions for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Bank of America's score of 0.62 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
18 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MUFG vs. The Competition

MetricMitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$138.78B$34.19B$10.17B$19.03B
Dividend Yield2.21%3.71%10.42%3.53%
P/E Ratio11.279.5247.7040.82
Price / Sales0.021.563,154.3516.24
Price / Cash10.6510.2930.6321.28
Price / Book0.941.202.655.25
Net Income$10.29B$3.23B$1.03B$988.46M
7 Day Performance-5.51%-2.60%-3.49%-5.11%
1 Month Performance-2.99%-1.28%-2.83%-3.44%
1 Year Performance39.14%30.86%10.21%11.20%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.1347 of 5 stars
$11.50
-0.1%
N/A+39.1%$138.78B$6.55T11.27140,000Positive News
BAC
Bank of America
4.8385 of 5 stars
$45.46
-0.5%
$45.92
+1.0%
+29.5%$348.81B$98.50B16.50213,000Analyst Revision
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.774 of 5 stars
$124.51
+0.0%
$156.50
+25.7%
+19.7%$176.02B$98.71B15.0791,398
HSBC
HSBC
1.7309 of 5 stars
$48.68
+0.2%
N/A+22.3%$175.39B$64.26B8.05220,861
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.5829 of 5 stars
$66.86
-0.2%
N/A-2.8%$169.31B$2.36T20.36213,527
C
Citigroup
4.9782 of 5 stars
$71.42
+0.6%
$75.63
+5.9%
+34.3%$135.07B$80.41B20.68239,000
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.6669 of 5 stars
$31.43
+0.7%
N/A+22.7%$110.88B$1.83T21.23187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
2.0587 of 5 stars
$31.80
-0.2%
N/A-3.0%$101.96B$65.28B26.48112,842
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
2.8718 of 5 stars
$14.66
-1.5%
N/A+53.4%$95.89B$5.00T12.63120,000Positive News
Gap Up
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
4.4816 of 5 stars
$53.09
-0.3%
$80.50
+51.6%
-18.7%$92.92B$88.27B15.35103,257Analyst Downgrade
SAN
Banco Santander
3.9253 of 5 stars
$4.88
-0.6%
N/A+9.5%$77.23B$62.14B6.14212,764

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This page (NYSE:MUFG) was last updated on 12/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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