Barclays PLC (BCS) vs Citigroup Inc. (C)

Barclays PLC and Citigroup Inc. are both Banks Diversified companies. Citigroup Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $206.7B against $76.0B — 2.7× the size. Barclays PLC trades at the lower P/E: 8.5× against 12.1×. Barclays PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against 4.74%. Barclays PLC has the higher net margin (22.3% vs 10.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Barclays PLC yields more (2.68% vs 1.99%). Across the 17 metrics below, Barclays PLC leads on 12 and Citigroup Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
P/E 8.50 12.07 11.97
P/S 1.87 1.32 2.60
P/B 0.72 1.20 1.59
Price to free cash flow 0.83 n/m 4.04
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 11.76% 8.29% 8.36%
Free cash flow yield 120.34% (10.54%) 7.80%

Profitability

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
Gross margin 100.00% 52.85% 67.14%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 22.30% 10.37% 18.44%
Free cash flow margin 246.32% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 8.81% 9.40% 10.89%
Return on assets 0.41% 0.65% 0.76%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.37% 4.74% 5.49%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.20% 17.68% 18.19%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.58% 13.63% 14.34%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 32.96% 5.68% 10.77%

Health

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
Debt to equity 5.76 1.63 1.43
Current ratio 1.46 1.05 0.87
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
Dividend yield 2.68% 1.99% 2.29%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.23 0.27

Size

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
Market cap 76.02b 206.68b 201.23b

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