UBS vs. MFG, VFL, AGMH, AWF, ARL, ASA, BBAR, BBD, BCH, and BMA
Should you be buying UBS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UBS Group include Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AGM Group (AGMH), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), American Realty Investors (ARL), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco Bradesco (BBD), Banco de Chile (BCH), and Banco Macro (BMA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) and Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
UBS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mizuho Financial Group. UBS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mizuho Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UBS Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mizuho Financial Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.3% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of UBS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Mizuho Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UBS Group received 299 more outperform votes than Mizuho Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.63% of users gave Mizuho Financial Group an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.
UBS Group has a net margin of 39.78% compared to Mizuho Financial Group's net margin of 8.48%. UBS Group's return on equity of 7.78% beat Mizuho Financial Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, UBS Group had 22 more articles in the media than Mizuho Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for UBS Group and 4 mentions for Mizuho Financial Group. Mizuho Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat UBS Group's score of -0.05 indicating that Mizuho Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Mizuho Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. UBS Group pays out 2.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mizuho Financial Group pays out 27.8% 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.
Summary
UBS Group beats Mizuho Financial Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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