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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
45.8% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 2.6%. 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.
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.
HSBC currently has a consensus price target of GBX 991.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.26%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Banco Santander.
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.
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.
HSBC has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HSBA) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
