C vs. USB, PNC, COF, TFC, MFG, WFC, BAC, BLK, MUFG, and PGR
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), BlackRock (BLK), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and Progressive (PGR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Citigroup pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. U.S. Bancorp pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citigroup pays out 62.7% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Citigroup has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. U.S. Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
U.S. Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $46.02, suggesting a potential upside of 9.96%. Citigroup has a consensus target price of $62.85, suggesting a potential downside of 1.06%. Given Citigroup's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Citigroup.
U.S. Bancorp received 623 more outperform votes than Citigroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.10% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote while only 47.16% of users gave Citigroup an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Citigroup had 32 more articles in the media than U.S. Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Citigroup and 14 mentions for U.S. Bancorp. Citigroup's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat U.S. Bancorp's score of 0.63 indicating that U.S. Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Citigroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Citigroup shares are owned by company 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.
U.S. Bancorp has a net margin of 12.13% compared to U.S. Bancorp's net margin of 4.90%. Citigroup's return on equity of 13.93% beat U.S. Bancorp's return on equity.
U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citigroup has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
U.S. Bancorp beats Citigroup on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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