BMO vs. BBVA, SAN, ING, SMFG, CM, IBN, LYG, BCS, TD, and NWG
Should you be buying Bank of Montreal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Montreal include Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Banco Santander (SAN), ING Groep (ING), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), ICICI Bank (IBN), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BCS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), and NatWest Group (NWG). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) and Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bank of Montreal. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Montreal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bank of Montreal had 3 more articles in the media than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Bank of Montreal and 6 mentions for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Bank of Montreal's score of 0.26 indicating that Bank of Montreal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Montreal has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of Montreal received 75 more outperform votes than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Bank of Montreal an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria an outperform vote.
Bank of Montreal has a consensus price target of $131.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.11%. Given Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Montreal is more favorable than Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
3.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Bank of Montreal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a net margin of 27.15% compared to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's net margin of 7.40%. Bank of Montreal's return on equity of 14.85% beat Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's return on equity.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Bank of Montreal pays an annual dividend of $3.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Montreal pays out 62.0% 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. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Bank of Montreal has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Bank of Montreal beats Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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