COF vs. BN, IX, PFG, RF, WFC, SLM, NICK, QD, CPSS, and ATLCP
Should you be buying Capital One Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital One Financial include Brookfield (BN), ORIX (IX), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Regions Financial (RF), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), SLM (SLM), Nicholas Financial (NICK), Qudian (QD), Consumer Portfolio Services (CPSS), and Atlanticus (ATLCP).
Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) and Brookfield (NYSE:BN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Capital One Financial has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital One Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Capital One Financial pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield pays out 52.5% 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. Capital One Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Capital One Financial has a net margin of 10.19% compared to Brookfield's net margin of 1.16%. Capital One Financial's return on equity of 9.74% beat Brookfield's return on equity.
Capital One Financial received 1136 more outperform votes than Brookfield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Brookfield an outperform vote while only 65.84% of users gave Capital One Financial an outperform vote.
Capital One Financial currently has a consensus price target of $138.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.41%. Brookfield has a consensus price target of $48.10, indicating a potential upside of 10.44%. Given Brookfield's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield is more favorable than Capital One Financial.
Capital One Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield. Capital One Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Capital One Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Brookfield. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Capital One Financial and 7 mentions for Brookfield. Brookfield's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Capital One Financial's score of 0.40 indicating that Brookfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.8% of Capital One Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Brookfield shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Capital One Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Capital One Financial beats Brookfield on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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