WFC vs. USB, CMA, BLX, JPM, BAC, C, UBS, PNC, COF, and MFG
Should you be buying Wells Fargo & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wells Fargo & Company include U.S. Bancorp (USB), Comerica (CMA), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Capital One Financial (COF), and Mizuho Financial Group (MFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Wells Fargo & Company vs.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Wells Fargo & Company has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Bancorp. U.S. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wells Fargo & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wells Fargo & Company received 787 more outperform votes than U.S. Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.12% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote.
77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
U.S. Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $54.21, suggesting a potential upside of 12.02%. Wells Fargo & Company has a consensus target price of $73.39, suggesting a potential downside of 4.95%. Given U.S. Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.
U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. U.S. Bancorp pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 33.3% 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. U.S. Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. U.S. Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 75 more articles in the media than U.S. Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 133 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 58 mentions for U.S. Bancorp. Wells Fargo & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat U.S. Bancorp's score of 0.79 indicating that Wells Fargo & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wells Fargo & Company has a net margin of 14.43% compared to U.S. Bancorp's net margin of 12.92%. U.S. Bancorp's return on equity of 12.91% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.
Summary
Wells Fargo & Company beats U.S. Bancorp on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WFC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
