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

Should you be buying HSBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HSBC include Banco Santander (BNC), Barclays (BARC), 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.

HSBC vs. Its Competitors

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

HSBC has a net margin of 34.63% compared to Banco Santander's net margin of 20.05%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.99% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HSBC34.63% 12.54% 0.80%
Banco Santander 20.05%12.99%0.73%

In the previous week, HSBC had 5 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HSBC and 2 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat HSBC's score of 0.01 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Banco Santander
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HSBC£83.82B2.41£29.03B£103.988.72
Banco Santander£70.85B1.66£14.20B£63.8110.05

45.8% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned 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.

HSBC has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

HSBC presently has a consensus price target of GBX 991.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.40%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Banco Santander.

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)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. HSBC pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% 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

HSBC beats Banco Santander on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HSBA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HSBA vs. The Competition

MetricHSBCBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£202.38B£118.76B£6.14B£2.97B
Dividend Yield0.06%3.91%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio8.7214.7413.02151.99
Price / Sales2.4165.941,746.11249,951.44
Price / Cash0.091.14128.3227.97
Price / Book0.821.251.924.56
Net Income£29.03B£10.16B£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.47%1.33%0.73%1.70%
1 Month Performance2.46%6.37%3.04%4.40%
1 Year Performance35.81%37.79%16.25%80.32%

HSBC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSBA
HSBC
1.6941 of 5 stars
GBX 906.50
+0.8%
GBX 991.67
+9.4%
+33.3%£202.38B£83.82B8.72219,000High Trading Volume
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 598
+0.8%
N/A+67.4%£109.76B£70.85B9.37206,500News Coverage
BARC
Barclays
3.0871 of 5 stars
GBX 337.30
-0.4%
GBX 370
+9.7%
+50.9%£48.43B£24.93B9.9187,400
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.5136 of 5 stars
GBX 76.70
+0.1%
GBX 64.25
-16.2%
+28.2%£46.51B£28.75B9.7059,400Trending News
NWG
NatWest Group
3.3838 of 5 stars
GBX 511.40
+0.2%
GBX 526.67
+3.0%
+49.1%£40.94B£24.36B9.1861,000
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.4698 of 5 stars
GBX 4,955
+0.2%
GBX 4,788.50
-3.4%
+18.2%£33.81B£13.78B22.6826,000News Coverage
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
3.2366 of 5 stars
GBX 854
-0.4%
GBX 1,600
+87.4%
+2.9%£2.35B£299.55M15.28140
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.4431 of 5 stars
GBX 373
+1.6%
GBX 297
-20.4%
+38.9%£2.14B£92.71M55.91130
TRST
Trustpilot Group
0.7135 of 5 stars
GBX 242.22
+1.3%
GBX 290
+19.7%
+8.1%£1.27B£222.55M80.29820
BOY
Bodycote
3.2665 of 5 stars
GBX 584.50
-1.7%
GBX 812.50
+39.0%
-13.1%£1.05B£739.54M17.594,833

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This page (LON:HSBA) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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