Brookfield (BN) Competitors

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) and Brookfield (NYSE:BN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MCO or BN?

Moody's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield. Moody's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Moody's	$5.92B	12.78	$1.61B	$9.16	45.19
Brookfield	$95.92B	0.76	$1.13B	$0.61	72.94

Do analysts recommend MCO or BN?

Moody's currently has a consensus target price of $400.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.24%. Brookfield has a consensus target price of $48.10, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield is more favorable than Moody's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Moody's	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Brookfield	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Is MCO or BN a better dividend stock?

Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Moody's pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield pays out 52.5% 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. Moody's has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Brookfield has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Moody's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, MCO or BN?

Moody's has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MCO or BN?

Moody's received 494 more outperform votes than Brookfield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Brookfield an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Moody's	Outperform Votes 526 59.57%	Underperform Votes 357 40.43%
Brookfield	Outperform Votes 32 72.73%	Underperform Votes 12 27.27%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MCO or BN?

92.1% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer MCO or BN?

In the previous week, Moody's had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Moody's and 13 mentions for Brookfield. Brookfield's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Moody's' score of 0.81 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Moody's	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MCO or BN more profitable?

Moody's has a net margin of 27.01% compared to Moody's' net margin of 1.16%. Brookfield's return on equity of 54.50% beat Moody's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Moody's	27.01%	54.50%	12.92%
Brookfield	1.16%	3.15%	1.05%

Summary

Moody's beats Brookfield on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.