Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) and Its Competitors Head to Head Contrast

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) is one of 1,744 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$33.22 billion	$7.47 billion	9.12
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	$2.44 billion	$397.86 million	17.72

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	1	4	10	1	2.69
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	5556	20131	22472	642	2.37

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.14%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 26.28%. Given Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	11.59%	8.63%	0.48%
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	318.48%	79.19%	3.72%

Dividends

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays out 5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 30.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft peers beat Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

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.