MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC vs WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN, two Banks—Regional stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Bank leverage lines mean little, so let returns carry it: Wells Fargo earns 12% on equity and 0.98% on assets; Mitsubishi UFJ earns 6.6% and 0.31%, a third the asset productivity, priced at more than double the multiple, 28 times against 13. The Japanese premium is entirely the rate-normalization story; the American discount is entirely the assumption that a fixed Wells has nothing left to prove or improve. Net margins, 25.5% against 11.7%. Wells pays 2%, MUFG 1.5%. Rarely is the strongest quantitative case on the cheapest page this legible: the pair prices narrative at a 15-turn premium to arithmetic, in an industry where arithmetic eventually collects.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | MUFG | WFC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $20.16 | $83.88 |
| Market cap | $235.0B | $261.5B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 27.9 | 13.0 |
| P/B | 1.83 | 1.45 |
| P/S | 3.25 | 3.08 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.1 | — |
| Revenue growth | +22.9% | +4.2% |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | — |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 25.5% |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 12.0% |
| Return on assets | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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