HSBC (HSBA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, BNC or HSBA?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BNC or HSBA?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BNC or HSBA?

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
Banco Santander	£47.24B	1.19	£11.32B	£0.59	617.80
HSBC	£58.55B	2.37	£22.05B	£0.89	858.88

Is BNC or HSBA a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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. 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.

Does the media favor BNC or HSBA?

In the previous week, HSBC had 8 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HSBC and 0 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat HSBC's score of -0.39 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander	Neutral
HSBC	Neutral

Do analysts rate BNC or HSBA?

HSBC has a consensus target price of GBX 795, indicating a potential upside of 4.00%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BNC or HSBA?

32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BNC or HSBA 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
Banco Santander	25.18%	12.61%	0.73%
HSBC	39.51%	12.64%	0.80%

Summary

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