AXP vs. COIN, HSBC, MS, GS, RY, SCHW, WFC, PGR, MUFG, and C
Should you be buying American Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Express include Coinbase Global (COIN), HSBC (HSBC), Morgan Stanley (MS), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Progressive (PGR), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and Citigroup (C). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American Express (NYSE:AXP) and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 25 more articles in the media than American Express. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Coinbase Global and 44 mentions for American Express. American Express' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Coinbase Global's score of 0.52 indicating that American Express is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Express has higher revenue and earnings than Coinbase Global. American Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coinbase Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Express received 1043 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.40% of users gave American Express an outperform vote while only 42.76% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.
Coinbase Global has a net margin of 33.98% compared to American Express' net margin of 14.50%. American Express' return on equity of 32.46% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.
American Express currently has a consensus target price of $210.71, indicating a potential downside of 11.89%. Coinbase Global has a consensus target price of $200.63, indicating a potential downside of 4.67%. Given Coinbase Global's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coinbase Global is more favorable than American Express.
American Express has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.3% of American Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Express shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.2% of Coinbase Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
American Express beats Coinbase Global on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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