Shinhan Financial Group (SHG) Competitors

Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE:SHG) and Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Is SHG or MFG a better dividend stock?

Shinhan Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Mizuho Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Shinhan Financial Group pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mizuho Financial Group pays out 35.1% 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. Shinhan Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SHG or MFG?

7.8% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SHG or MFG?

Shinhan Financial Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mizuho Financial Group has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHG or MFG?

Mizuho Financial Group received 57 more outperform votes than Shinhan Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.51% of users gave Shinhan Financial Group an outperform vote while only 59.63% of users gave Mizuho Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shinhan Financial Group	Outperform Votes 268 63.51%	Underperform Votes 154 36.49%
Mizuho Financial Group	Outperform Votes 325 59.63%	Underperform Votes 220 40.37%

Is SHG or MFG more profitable?

Shinhan Financial Group has a net margin of 12.21% compared to Mizuho Financial Group's net margin of 7.69%. Mizuho Financial Group's return on equity of 7.74% beat Shinhan Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shinhan Financial Group	12.21%	7.34%	0.59%
Mizuho Financial Group	7.69%	7.74%	0.29%

Does the media refer more to SHG or MFG?

In the previous week, Shinhan Financial Group and Shinhan Financial Group both had 2 articles in the media. Mizuho Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Shinhan Financial Group's score of 0.80 indicating that Mizuho Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shinhan Financial Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mizuho Financial Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SHG or MFG?

Mizuho Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Shinhan Financial Group. Shinhan Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mizuho Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shinhan Financial Group	$25.42B	0.70	$3.49B	$6.37	5.55
Mizuho Financial Group	$60.60B	1.07	$6.30B	$0.37	13.85

Summary

Shinhan Financial Group beats Mizuho Financial Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.