UBS Group (UBS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer UBS or BAC?

Bank of America has a consensus target price of $48.58, suggesting a potential upside of 4.36%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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
UBS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Bank of America	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is UBS or BAC 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
UBS Group	5.13%	4.69%	0.25%
Bank of America	12.48%	10.09%	0.83%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of UBS or BAC?

70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of UBS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America 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.

Is UBS or BAC a better dividend stock?

UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. UBS Group pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 32.3% 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 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UBS or BAC?

Bank of America received 1360 more outperform votes than UBS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UBS Group	Outperform Votes 686 55.23%	Underperform Votes 556 44.77%
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2046 65.16%	Underperform Votes 1094 34.84%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UBS or BAC?

UBS Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
UBS Group	$65.28B	1.67	$27.85B	$1.20	28.37
Bank of America	$101.89B	3.51	$26.52B	$3.22	14.45

Does the media favor UBS or BAC?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 80 more articles in the media than UBS Group. MarketBeat recorded 133 mentions for Bank of America and 53 mentions for UBS Group. UBS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Bank of America's score of 0.76 indicating that UBS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UBS Group	23 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bank of America	73 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	29 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, UBS or BAC?

UBS Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of America beats UBS Group on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.