MS vs. GS, SCHW, BLK, IBKR, RY, AXP, HSBC, PGR, MUFG, and C
Should you be buying Morgan Stanley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley include The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), BlackRock (BLK), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), American Express (AXP), HSBC (HSBC), Progressive (PGR), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and Citigroup (C). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, The Goldman Sachs Group had 21 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for The Goldman Sachs Group and 39 mentions for Morgan Stanley. The Goldman Sachs Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Morgan Stanley's score of 0.51 indicating that Morgan Stanley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Goldman Sachs Group pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. The Goldman Sachs Group pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley pays out 61.9% 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. The Goldman Sachs Group has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Morgan Stanley has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Morgan Stanley has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Goldman Sachs Group. The Goldman Sachs Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morgan Stanley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Goldman Sachs Group received 41 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.01% of users gave Morgan Stanley an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave The Goldman Sachs Group an outperform vote.
71.2% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are held 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.
Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 9.57% compared to Morgan Stanley's net margin of 8.17%. The Goldman Sachs Group's return on equity of 10.87% beat Morgan Stanley's return on equity.
The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Goldman Sachs Group currently has a consensus price target of $440.57, suggesting a potential downside of 3.29%. Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $98.30, suggesting a potential upside of 0.18%. Given The Goldman Sachs Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley is more favorable than The Goldman Sachs Group.
Summary
Morgan Stanley beats The Goldman Sachs Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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