UBS vs. BAC, HSBC, MUFG, HDB, RY, C, IBN, SMFG, TD, and SAN
Should you be buying UBS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UBS Group include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
UBS Group vs.
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 earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Bank of America received 1371 more outperform votes than UBS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.77% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 55.10% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.
Bank of America has a net margin of 14.10% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 6.93%. Bank of America's return on equity of 10.29% beat UBS Group's return on equity.
Bank of America has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBS Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $48.45, indicating a potential upside of 13.71%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than UBS Group.
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 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UBS Group pays out 14.5% 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.
Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than UBS Group. 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.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 57 more articles in the media than UBS Group. MarketBeat recorded 99 mentions for Bank of America and 42 mentions for UBS Group. UBS Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Bank of America's score of 1.00 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of UBS Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bank of America beats UBS Group on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UBS) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
