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Barclays (BARC) Competitors

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GBX 289.35 +6.65 (+2.35%)
As of 01/17/2025 12:45 PM Eastern

BARC vs. HSBA, BNC, RKT, LLOY, NWG, COB, BUR, BCG, BOY, and TRST

Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include HSBC (HSBA), Banco Santander (BNC), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Bodycote (BOY), and Trustpilot Group (TRST). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Barclays vs.

HSBC (LON:HSBA) and Barclays (LON:BARC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

HSBC currently has a consensus price target of GBX 795, indicating a potential downside of 3.76%. Barclays has a consensus price target of GBX 294, indicating a potential upside of 1.61%. Given Barclays' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barclays is more favorable than HSBC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Barclays
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Barclays had 21 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Barclays and 7 mentions for HSBC. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Barclays' score of 0.10 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
0 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Barclays
3 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HSBC39.51% 12.64% 0.80%
Barclays 21.24%7.12%0.32%

HSBC has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Barclays received 1432 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.78% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 50.26% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HSBCOutperform Votes
982
50.26%
Underperform Votes
972
49.74%
BarclaysOutperform Votes
2414
73.78%
Underperform Votes
858
26.22%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HSBC£58.55B2.57£22.05B£0.89928.20
Barclays£23.25B1.81£3.95B£0.261,112.88

HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. 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.

45.8% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barclays shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

HSBC and Barclays tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BARC vs. The Competition

MetricBarclaysBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£41.98B£90.65B£3.82B£2.03B
Dividend Yield3.35%4.73%4.44%5.16%
P/E Ratio1,112.88194.77429.571,930.55
Price / Sales1.8184.442,692.19420,341.94
Price / Cash0.030.1752.5329.11
Price / Book0.741.231.913.08
Net Income£3.95B£7.94B£437.23M£183.31M
7 Day Performance12.13%1.51%2.79%3.12%
1 Month Performance8.35%1.36%3.70%2.43%
1 Year Performance105.62%50.83%19.78%172.70%

Barclays Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BARC
Barclays
0.9992 of 5 stars
GBX 289.35
+2.4%
GBX 294
+1.6%
+105.7%£41.98B£23.25B1,112.8887,400
HSBA
HSBC
1.3024 of 5 stars
GBX 795.48
-0.5%
GBX 795
-0.1%
+40.6%£144.70B£58.55B893.80219,000News Coverage
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 377.50
-0.8%
N/A+28.3%£57.98B£47.24B639.83206,500
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.6135 of 5 stars
GBX 4,903.05
-0.9%
GBX 4,788.50
-2.3%
-11.0%£33.89B£14.33B2,259.4726,000
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.2416 of 5 stars
GBX 53.18
+0.6%
GBX 55.50
+4.4%
+38.7%£32.58B£18.55B759.7159,400
NWG
NatWest Group
2.9832 of 5 stars
GBX 381.70
+1.9%
GBX 351
-8.0%
+101.3%£31.80B£13.75B812.1361,000Positive News
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898News Coverage
BUR
Burford Capital
2.0121 of 5 stars
GBX 1,016
-1.1%
GBX 1,600
+57.5%
-5.2%£2.23B£1.17B752.59140News Coverage
Gap Up
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.4272 of 5 stars
GBX 318
+0.5%
GBX 297
-6.6%
+50.9%£1.53B£72.09M6,360.00130Gap Up
BOY
Bodycote
1.9338 of 5 stars
GBX 629
-1.0%
GBX 812.50
+29.2%
+15.0%£1.15B£781.40M1,906.064,833News Coverage
TRST
Trustpilot Group
0.7966 of 5 stars
GBX 269
-1.8%
GBX 260
-3.3%
+102.7%£1.12B£191.59M8,966.67820News Coverage

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This page (LON:BARC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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