C vs. USB, PNC, COF, TFC, MFG, WFC, BAC, MUFG, PGR, and BLK
Should you be buying Citigroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citigroup include U.S. Bancorp (USB), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Capital One Financial (COF), Truist Financial (TFC), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Bank of America (BAC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Progressive (PGR), and BlackRock (BLK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Citigroup (NYSE:C) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Citigroup has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Citigroup pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Citigroup pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Bancorp pays out 64.9% 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.
U.S. Bancorp has a net margin of 12.13% compared to Citigroup's net margin of 4.90%. U.S. Bancorp's return on equity of 13.93% beat Citigroup's return on equity.
In the previous week, Citigroup had 25 more articles in the media than U.S. Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Citigroup and 22 mentions for U.S. Bancorp. U.S. Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Citigroup's score of 0.51 indicating that U.S. Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Citigroup has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Bancorp. U.S. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citigroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Bancorp received 629 more outperform votes than Citigroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.07% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote while only 47.18% of users gave Citigroup an outperform vote.
71.7% of Citigroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Citigroup shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Citigroup presently has a consensus price target of $62.91, suggesting a potential upside of 0.40%. U.S. Bancorp has a consensus price target of $46.14, suggesting a potential upside of 12.21%. Given U.S. Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Citigroup.
Summary
U.S. Bancorp beats Citigroup on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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