CFG vs. NTRS, ALLY, EWBC, STT, MTB, FCNCA, CBSH, WAL, FITB, and BPOP
Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Northern Trust (NTRS), Ally Financial (ALLY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), State Street (STT), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
Citizens Financial Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northern Trust. Citizens Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northern Trust has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Citizens Financial Group has a net margin of 11.52% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 7.59%. Citizens Financial Group's return on equity of 12.57% beat Northern Trust's return on equity.
Northern Trust currently has a consensus price target of $84.92, indicating a potential downside of 2.15%. Citizens Financial Group has a consensus price target of $37.73, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Northern Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Northern Trust.
In the previous week, Northern Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Northern Trust and 7 mentions for Citizens Financial Group. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Northern Trust's score of 0.32 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.2% of Northern Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Citizens Financial Group received 128 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 41.79% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.
Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Northern Trust pays out 66.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 60.9% 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. Citizens Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Citizens Financial Group beats Northern Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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