Deutsche Bank (DB) & The Competition Head to Head Review

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) is one of 1,746 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Deutsche Bank to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Deutsche Bank and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deutsche Bank	1	4	10	1	2.69
Deutsche Bank Competitors	5616	20218	22573	650	2.37

Deutsche Bank presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.58%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 23.47%. Given Deutsche Bank’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Deutsche Bank has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Deutsche Bank has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deutsche Bank’s rivals have a beta of 0.79, meaning that their average stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Deutsche Bank and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Deutsche Bank	$68.84 billion	$7.47 billion	9.47
Deutsche Bank Competitors	$2.39 billion	$398.05 million	14.98

Deutsche Bank has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Deutsche Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Deutsche Bank and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deutsche Bank	11.59%	8.63%	0.48%
Deutsche Bank Competitors	314.66%	9.82%	3.42%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

27.9% of Deutsche Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Deutsche Bank rivals beat Deutsche Bank on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Deutsche Bank Company Profile

Deutsche Bank is a global financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded in Berlin in 1870 to support German and international trade, it has grown into one of Germany’s largest banking groups. The bank serves businesses, governments, institutional investors and individuals in Germany and other markets around the world. Its Corporate Bank provides services such as cash management, payments, trade finance and lending, while its Investment Bank offers capital-markets, advisory, financing and trading services.