JPM vs. BAC, WFC, BRK.B, BRK.A, AXP, HSBC, MS, GS, RY, and C
Should you be buying JPMorgan Chase & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan Chase & Co. include Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), American Express (AXP), HSBC (HSBC), Morgan Stanley (MS), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), and Citigroup (C). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. had 11 more articles in the media than Bank of America. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and 43 mentions for Bank of America. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s score of 0.35 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of America received 79 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Chase & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.44% of users gave JPMorgan Chase & Co. an outperform vote while only 65.82% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote.
71.6% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 13.94%. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s return on equity of 17.79% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. presently has a consensus target price of $192.05, suggesting a potential downside of 4.69%. Bank of America has a consensus target price of $38.70, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Given Bank of America's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than JPMorgan Chase & Co..
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of America. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 33.2% 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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
JPMorgan Chase & Co. beats Bank of America on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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