Standard Chartered (STAN) Competitors

Banco Santander (LON:BNC) and Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) 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 valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

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 analysts prefer BNC or STAN?

Standard Chartered has a consensus target price of GBX 1,002, indicating a potential downside of 6.88%. Given Standard Chartered's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	1.32	£11.32B	£0.59	687.19
Standard Chartered	£17.23B	1.53	£3.04B	£0.87	1,236.78

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BNC or STAN?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, BNC or STAN?

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

Does the media prefer BNC or STAN?

In the previous week, Standard Chartered had 6 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Standard Chartered and 0 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Standard Chartered's score of 0.23 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander	Positive
Standard Chartered	Neutral

Summary

Banco Santander and Standard Chartered tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.