BARC vs. HSBA, BNC, LLOY, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, and BOY
Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include HSBC (HSBA), 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), and Bodycote (BOY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Barclays vs.
Barclays (LON:BARC) and HSBC (LON:HSBA) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
HSBC has a net margin of 39.51% compared to Barclays' net margin of 21.24%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.64% beat Barclays' return on equity.
Barclays has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barclays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barclays currently has a consensus target price of GBX 292, suggesting a potential upside of 9.59%. HSBC has a consensus target price of GBX 795, suggesting a potential upside of 3.70%. Given Barclays' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barclays is more favorable than HSBC.
54.1% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Barclays shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Barclays received 1431 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.77% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 50.26% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Barclays had 9 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Barclays and 16 mentions for HSBC. Barclays' average media sentiment score of -0.13 beat HSBC's score of -0.25 indicating that Barclays is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Barclays pays out 3,076.9% 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 5,393.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Barclays beats HSBC on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BARC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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