WFC vs. USB, CMA, BLX, JPM, BAC, C, UBS, COF, PNC, 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), Capital One Financial (COF), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), and Mizuho Financial Group (MFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Wells Fargo & Company vs.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Wells Fargo & Company received 806 more outperform votes than U.S. Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.68% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote.
Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Bancorp pays out 52.8% 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.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $73.39, suggesting a potential downside of 6.05%. U.S. Bancorp has a consensus price target of $54.21, suggesting a potential upside of 17.89%. Given U.S. Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.
Wells Fargo & Company has a net margin of 15.73% compared to U.S. Bancorp's net margin of 14.75%. U.S. Bancorp's return on equity of 12.94% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 33 more articles in the media than U.S. Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 27 mentions for U.S. Bancorp. U.S. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Wells Fargo & Company's score of 1.26 indicating that U.S. Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wells Fargo & Company beats U.S. Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WFC) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
