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 $198.7B against $75.9B — 2.6× the size. Barclays PLC trades at the lower P/E: 8.2× against 11.6×. Barclays PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.62% against 4.74%. Barclays PLC has the higher net margin (22.8% vs 10.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Barclays PLC yields more (2.67% vs 2.13%). Across the 16 metrics below, Barclays PLC leads on 11 and Citigroup Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
P/E 8.23 11.62 11.69
P/S 1.85 1.26 2.57
P/B 0.74 1.15 1.53
Price to free cash flow 0.83 n/m 8.83
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 12.15% 8.60% 8.55%
Free cash flow yield 121.05% (11.01%) 7.95%

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 22.77% 10.37% 18.44%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 9.11% 9.40% 11.03%
Return on assets 0.42% 0.65% 0.80%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.62% 4.74% 5.49%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.20% 17.68% 19.95%
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 5.89 1.63 1.10
Current ratio 1.47 1.05 0.89
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
Dividend yield 2.67% 2.13% 2.29%
Payout ratio 0.22 0.25 0.27

Size

Metric BCS C Banks Diversified median
Market cap 75.87b 198.69b 155.56b

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