HSBC vs. TFSL, AX, EBC, BKU, CLBK, PFS, BRKL, CFFN, HTBI, and NFBK
Should you be buying HSBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HSBC include TFS Financial (TFSL), Axos Financial (AX), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), BankUnited (BKU), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TFS Financial pays out 418.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HSBC pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
HSBC received 547 more outperform votes than TFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.49% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
TFS Financial currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.22%. Given HSBC's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TFS Financial is more favorable than HSBC.
9.8% of TFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of TFS Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, HSBC had 5 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for HSBC and 7 mentions for TFS Financial. TFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat HSBC's score of 0.50 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HSBC has a net margin of 16.13% compared to HSBC's net margin of 11.08%. TFS Financial's return on equity of 10.80% beat HSBC's return on equity.
TFS Financial has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than TFS Financial. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HSBC beats TFS Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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