ING vs. RY, MUFG, HDB, TD, IBN, SMFG, SAN, BMO, BBVA, and CM
Should you be buying ING Groep stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ING Groep include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
ING Groep (NYSE:ING) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
4.5% of ING Groep shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than ING Groep. ING Groep is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Royal Bank of Canada received 206 more outperform votes than ING Groep when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.78% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 54.91% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 16 more articles in the media than ING Groep. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 7 mentions for ING Groep. ING Groep's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.36 indicating that ING Groep is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ING Groep has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of $133.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.25%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than ING Groep.
ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. ING Groep pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.6% 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.
ING Groep has a net margin of 32.20% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.12%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 14.87% beat ING Groep's return on equity.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats ING Groep on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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