Comparing Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) & The Competition

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) is one of 1,743 publicly-traded companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

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

Profitability

This table compares Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and its competitors’ 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	317.76%	10.36%	3.68%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and its competitors, as provided 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	5574	20168	22513	647	2.37

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft presently has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.03%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 24.13%. Given Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$68.84 billion	$7.47 billion	9.60
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Competitors	$5.22 billion	$399.89 million	17.34

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft competitors beat Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 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.