HSBC (HSBA) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer HSBA or BNC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 2 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HSBC and 3 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat HSBC's score of 0.16 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Banco Santander	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate HSBA or BNC?

HSBC presently has a consensus target price of GBX 918.75, suggesting a potential upside of 17.26%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HSBA or BNC?

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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HSBA or BNC a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HSBA or BNC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HSBC	£83.82B	2.09	£29.03B	£103.98	7.53
Banco Santander	£70.85B	1.33	£14.20B	£63.81	8.05

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSBA or BNC?

HSBC received 884 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote while only 50.33% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 985 50.33%	Underperform Votes 972 49.67%
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 101 64.74%	Underperform Votes 55 35.26%

Is HSBA or BNC more profitable?

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
HSBC	34.63%	12.54%	0.80%
Banco Santander	20.05%	12.99%	0.73%

Which has more volatility and risk, HSBA or BNC?

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

Summary

HSBC beats Banco Santander on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.