BCS vs. NWG, LYG, CM, BSBR, KB, BAP, BCH, ING, BSAC, and BBVA
Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include NatWest Group (NWG), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), KB Financial Group (KB), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), ING Groep (ING), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Barclays received 1287 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.26% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 39.22% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Barclays pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NatWest Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Barclays has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barclays has a net margin of 16.82% compared to Barclays' net margin of 0.00%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 6.09% beat Barclays' return on equity.
1.3% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Barclays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Barclays has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NatWest Group.
In the previous week, NatWest Group had 5 more articles in the media than Barclays. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for NatWest Group and 15 mentions for Barclays. Barclays' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat NatWest Group's score of -0.03 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Barclays beats NatWest Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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