Standard Chartered (STAN) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, BNC or STAN?

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Chartered. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Chartered, 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
Standard Chartered	£17.23B	1.38	£3.04B	£0.87	1,117.24

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BNC or STAN?

Standard Chartered received 752 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote while only 58.83% of users gave Standard Chartered an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 101 64.74%	Underperform Votes 55 35.26%
Standard Chartered	Outperform Votes 853 58.83%	Underperform Votes 597 41.17%

Is BNC or STAN more profitable?

Banco Santander has a net margin of 25.18% compared to Standard Chartered's net margin of 20.08%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.61% beat Standard Chartered's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander	25.18%	12.61%	0.73%
Standard Chartered	20.08%	6.82%	0.41%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BNC or STAN?

32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Standard Chartered shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Standard Chartered shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BNC or STAN a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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. Standard Chartered pays out 2,643.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate BNC or STAN?

Standard Chartered has a consensus price target of GBX 1,002, suggesting a potential upside of 3.09%. Given Standard Chartered's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Chartered 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
Standard Chartered	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the media favor BNC or STAN?

In the previous week, Standard Chartered had 8 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Standard Chartered and 0 mentions for Banco Santander. Standard Chartered's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.00 indicating that Standard Chartered is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander	Neutral
Standard Chartered	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, BNC or STAN?

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Chartered has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Standard Chartered beats Banco Santander on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.