HSBC (HSBA) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HSBA or BNC?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, 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	£58.55B	2.57	£22.05B	£0.89	927.98
Banco Santander	£47.24B	1.32	£11.32B	£0.59	685.59

Is HSBA or BNC a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. Banco Santander pays out 2,881.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, HSBA or BNC?

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HSBA or BNC?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HSBA or BNC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 9 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HSBC and 0 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat HSBC's score of 0.12 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	Neutral
Banco Santander	Positive

Is HSBA or BNC more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 39.51% compared to Banco Santander's net margin of 25.18%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.64% beat Banco Santander's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	39.51%	12.64%	0.80%
Banco Santander	25.18%	12.61%	0.73%

Do analysts prefer HSBA or BNC?

HSBC presently has a consensus target price of GBX 795, indicating a potential downside of 3.74%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HSBA or BNC?

HSBC received 881 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote while only 50.26% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 982 50.26%	Underperform Votes 972 49.74%
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 101 64.74%	Underperform Votes 55 35.26%

Summary

HSBC beats Banco Santander on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.