BBVA vs. RY, MUFG, HDB, IBN, TD, SMFG, SAN, ING, BMO, and LYG
Should you be buying Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), ING Groep (ING), Bank of Montreal (BMO), and Lloyds Banking Group (LYG). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are held 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.
Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 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 pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays out 46.3% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a net margin of 26.90% compared to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's net margin of 12.12%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 15.34% beat Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's return on equity.
Royal Bank of Canada received 241 more outperform votes than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.59% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 7 more articles in the media than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 2 mentions for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's score of 0.89 indicating that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus price target of $133.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.82%. Given Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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