RY vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, MUFG, C, TD, SAN, IBN, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Royal Bank Of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Bank Of Canada include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Royal Bank Of Canada vs. Its Competitors
Royal Bank Of Canada (NYSE:RY) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Royal Bank Of Canada has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Bank Of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Royal Bank Of Canada pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 31.0% 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. Royal Bank Of Canada has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Royal Bank Of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Royal Bank Of Canada. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank Of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 71 more articles in the media than Royal Bank Of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 118 mentions for Bank of America and 47 mentions for Royal Bank Of Canada. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Royal Bank Of Canada's score of 0.68 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of America has a net margin of 14.56% compared to Royal Bank Of Canada's net margin of 13.37%. Royal Bank Of Canada's return on equity of 15.75% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
45.3% of Royal Bank Of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 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.
Royal Bank Of Canada currently has a consensus target price of $193.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.01%. Bank of America has a consensus target price of $48.28, indicating a potential downside of 1.34%. Given Royal Bank Of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank Of Canada is more favorable than Bank of America.
Summary
Bank of America beats Royal Bank Of Canada on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:RY) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
