UBS Group (UBS) Competitors

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts rate BAC or UBS?

Bank of America currently has a consensus target price of $45.92, indicating a potential upside of 3.96%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than UBS 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
UBS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is BAC or UBS a better dividend stock?

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bank of America pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UBS Group pays out 18.3% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAC or UBS?

Bank of America received 1357 more outperform votes than UBS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.17% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 55.36% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2028 65.17%	Underperform Votes 1084 34.83%
UBS Group	Outperform Votes 671 55.36%	Underperform Votes 541 44.64%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BAC or UBS?

UBS Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bank of America. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS 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
Bank of America	$98.50B	3.44	$26.52B	$2.75	16.06
UBS Group	$45.33B	2.11	$27.85B	$1.20	24.82

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BAC or UBS?

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of UBS Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer BAC or UBS?

In the previous week, UBS Group had 20 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for UBS Group and 46 mentions for Bank of America. UBS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Bank of America's score of 0.52 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of America	7 Very Positive mention(s)	18 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UBS Group	17 Very Positive mention(s)	20 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BAC or UBS more profitable?

Bank of America has a net margin of 12.48% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 5.13%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.09% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of America	12.48%	10.09%	0.83%
UBS Group	5.13%	4.69%	0.25%

Which has more risk & volatility, BAC or UBS?

Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBS Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of America beats UBS Group on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.