Critical Contrast: DBS Group (OTCMKTS:DBSDY) & Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB)

DBS Group (OTCMKTS:DBSDY) and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares DBS Group and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DBS Group	$29.04 billion	4.02	$8.45 billion	N/A	N/A
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$71.84 billion	0.99	$4.70 billion	$2.63	13.55

DBS Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for DBS Group and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DBS Group	0	0	0	1	4.00
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	1	4	5	0	2.40

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.2% of DBS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

DBS Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares DBS Group and Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DBS Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	7.67%	6.01%	0.35%

Summary

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft beats DBS Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DBS Group

DBS Group Holdings Ltd provides commercial banking and financial services in Singapore, Hong Kong, rest of Greater China, South and Southeast Asia, and internationally. The company’s Consumer Banking/Wealth Management segment offers banking and related financial services, including current and savings accounts, fixed deposits, loans and home finance, cards, payments, investment, and insurance products for individual customers. Its Institutional Banking segment provides financial services and products for bank and non-bank financial institutions, government-linked companies, large corporates, and small and medium sized businesses. Its products and services comprise short-term working capital financing and specialized lending; cash management, trade finance, and securities and fiduciary services; treasury and markets products; and corporate finance and advisory banking, as well as capital markets solutions. The company’s Treasury Markets segment is involved in the structuring, market-making, and trading in a range of treasury products. DBS Group Holdings Ltd was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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.