CFG vs. BNS, BK, DB, FCNCA, FITB, MTB, BBDO, STT, NTRS, and ALLY
Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), and Ally Financial (ALLY). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) and Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Nova Scotia has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.1% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Citizens Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of Nova Scotia has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens Financial Group. Bank of Nova Scotia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of Nova Scotia received 229 more outperform votes than Citizens Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.47% of users gave Bank of Nova Scotia an outperform vote while only 62.58% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote.
Citizens Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $37.73, indicating a potential upside of 6.92%. Bank of Nova Scotia has a consensus price target of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.61%. Given Bank of Nova Scotia's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Nova Scotia is more favorable than Citizens Financial Group.
In the previous week, Bank of Nova Scotia had 38 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Bank of Nova Scotia and 3 mentions for Citizens Financial Group. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Bank of Nova Scotia's score of 0.34 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Citizens Financial Group has a net margin of 11.52% compared to Bank of Nova Scotia's net margin of 10.40%. Bank of Nova Scotia's return on equity of 11.40% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.
Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Citizens Financial Group pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Nova Scotia pays out 70.7% 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.
Summary
Citizens Financial Group beats Bank of Nova Scotia on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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