BARC vs. BNC, LLOY, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, BOY, and DFS
Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include Banco Santander (BNC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), and DFS Furniture (DFS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Barclays vs. Its Competitors
Banco Santander (LON:BNC) and Barclays (LON:BARC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barclays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barclays has a consensus target price of GBX 400.20, suggesting a potential upside of 9.67%. Given Barclays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barclays is more favorable than Banco Santander.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Barclays' net margin of 19.54%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.99% beat Barclays' return on equity.
32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barclays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Barclays had 43 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Barclays and 3 mentions for Banco Santander. Barclays' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.44 indicating that Barclays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Barclays beats Banco Santander on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BARC) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
