Reviewing Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) & UniCredit (OTCMKTS:UNCRY)

UniCredit (OTCMKTS:UNCRY) and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

UniCredit has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares UniCredit and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UniCredit	$41.32 billion	2.64	$12.35 billion	N/A	N/A
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$32.10 billion	1.80	$7.84 billion	$3.43	8.44

UniCredit has higher revenue and earnings than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.3% of UniCredit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares UniCredit and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UniCredit	32.88%	26.06%	2.08%
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	10.02%	7.49%	0.43%

Dividends

UniCredit pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays out 6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for UniCredit and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UniCredit	0	1	3	2	3.17
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	1	5	4	1	2.45

Summary

UniCredit beats Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UniCredit

UniCredit S.p.A. provides commercial banking services in Italy, Germany, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe. It offers retail, private, and wealth management solutions; and institutional investor solutions. The company also provides corporate finance advisory, rating advisory, financial sponsor, patient capital, capital structure advisory, and finance solutions, as well as securities services. In addition, it offers transactional and risk management, and strategic advisory and funding services; group trade and correspondent banking services; and payments and cash management solutions. The company serves SME, corporate, multinational corporate, financial institution, and public sector clients, as well as retail, private banking, wealth management, and family office clients. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

About Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, a stock corporation, provides corporate and investment banking, and asset management products and services to private individuals, corporate entities, and institutional clients in Germany, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through Corporate Bank, Investment Bank, Private Bank, and Asset Management segments. The Corporate Bank segment offers cash management, trade finance and lending, trust and agency, and securities services, as well as risk management solutions. The Investment Bank segment provides debt origination, merger and acquisitions, foreign exchange, and equity advisory and origination platform services. The Private Bank segment offers payment and account services, and credit and deposit products, as well as investment advice products, such as environmental, social, and governance products. This segment also provides banking, wealth management, other financial, and postal and parcel services; and supports in planning, managing and investing wealth, financing personal and business interests, and servicing institutional and corporate needs. The Asset Management segment offers investment solutions, such as alternative investments, which include real estate, infrastructure, liquid real assets, and sustainable investments; and various other services, including insurance and pension solutions, asset liability management, portfolio management solutions, and asset allocation advisory to individuals and institutions. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.