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$13.32 -0.15 (-1.11%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying NU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NU include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), HSBC (HSBC), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

NU vs.

Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) and NU (NYSE:NU) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NU pays an annual dividend of $1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NU pays out 463.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Royal Bank of Canada has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

In the previous week, NU had 37 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for NU and 18 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat NU's score of 0.62 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Bank of Canada
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NU
21 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than NU. Royal Bank of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Bank of Canada$60.00B2.87$11.02B$8.2714.73
NU$7.85B8.08$1.03B$0.3636.99

Royal Bank of Canada presently has a consensus target price of $142.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.00%. NU has a consensus target price of $16.21, suggesting a potential upside of 21.76%. Given NU's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NU is more favorable than Royal Bank of Canada.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
NU
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Royal Bank of Canada received 710 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.56% of users gave NU an outperform vote while only 55.19% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royal Bank of CanadaOutperform Votes
745
55.19%
Underperform Votes
605
44.81%
NUOutperform Votes
35
55.56%
Underperform Votes
28
44.44%

45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NU has a net margin of 16.28% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.28%. NU's return on equity of 28.70% beat Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Bank of Canada12.28% 15.17% 0.84%
NU 16.28%28.70%4.41%

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NU beats Royal Bank of Canada on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NU vs. The Competition

MetricNUNondepository credit institutions IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$63.46B$8.04B$6.91B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A5.19%2.90%3.52%
P/E Ratio36.9916.6946.2142.95
Price / Sales8.0815.53205.5019.18
Price / Cash53.2142.0424.2917.86
Price / Book9.942.555.085.52
Net Income$1.03B$462.43M$121.42M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-12.31%1.83%0.18%0.45%
1 Month Performance-8.46%25.36%8.42%1.05%
1 Year Performance63.17%109.23%30.65%24.67%

NU Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NU
NU
4.2008 of 5 stars
$13.32
-1.1%
$16.21
+21.8%
+63.4%$64.15B$8.03B36.997,686Options Volume
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.3304 of 5 stars
$121.79
-0.9%
$142.50
+17.0%
+38.7%$173.74B$87.48B14.7391,398
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.3565 of 5 stars
$63.32
+0.3%
N/A+8.6%$159.92B$2.36T19.25213,527
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.5584 of 5 stars
$11.67
-1.6%
N/A+35.1%$138.26B$82.36B11.44140,000
C
Citigroup
4.887 of 5 stars
$68.28
-0.5%
$73.00
+6.9%
+50.9%$129.14B$80.41B19.79239,000
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.3987 of 5 stars
$29.74
-0.1%
N/A+33.6%$104.90B$1.83T20.23187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
3.0366 of 5 stars
$31.83
-0.1%
N/A+21.4%$102.12B$65.28B26.53112,842
HSBC
HSBC
2.7347 of 5 stars
$46.24
-0.1%
N/A+19.4%$101.37B$131.13B7.64220,861
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.6316 of 5 stars
$55.94
+0.2%
$84.00
+50.2%
-9.8%$97.72B$75.05B17.87103,257
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.8814 of 5 stars
$13.98
-1.7%
N/A+40.2%$92.95B$64.79B12.05120,000News Coverage
SAN
Banco Santander
4.4152 of 5 stars
$4.76
-0.8%
N/A+17.7%$75.96B$62.14B5.95212,764Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NYSE:NU) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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