USB vs. WFC, CMA, BLX, C, PNC, COF, TFC, HBAN, SHG, and RF
Should you be buying U.S. Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Bancorp include Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Comerica (CMA), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Citigroup (C), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Capital One Financial (COF), Truist Financial (TFC), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), and Regions Financial (RF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Wells Fargo & Company received 724 more outperform votes than U.S. Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote.
Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Bancorp pays out 64.9% 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. Wells Fargo & Company has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and U.S. Bancorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. U.S. Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Wells Fargo & Company has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Bancorp. Wells Fargo & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wells Fargo & Company currently has a consensus price target of $58.99, suggesting a potential upside of 0.37%. U.S. Bancorp has a consensus price target of $46.02, suggesting a potential upside of 17.83%. Given Wells Fargo & Company's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.
Wells Fargo & Company has a net margin of 15.63% compared to Wells Fargo & Company's net margin of 12.13%. Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity of 13.93% beat U.S. Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, U.S. Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Wells Fargo & Company. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for U.S. Bancorp and 23 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company. U.S. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Wells Fargo & Company's score of 0.59 indicating that Wells Fargo & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by 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.
Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wells Fargo & Company beats U.S. Bancorp on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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