STAN vs. BARC, BNC, PRU, LGEN, AV, SMT, NWG, AIBG, ADM, and PSH
Should you be buying Standard Chartered stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Chartered include Barclays (BARC), Banco Santander (BNC), Prudential (PRU), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), Admiral Group (ADM), and Pershing Square (PSH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Barclays (LON:BARC) and Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Barclays pays out 3,076.9% 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 2,359.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Barclays received 1552 more outperform votes than Standard Chartered when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.69% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Standard Chartered an outperform vote.
Barclays has a net margin of 21.70% compared to Barclays' net margin of 20.70%. Standard Chartered's return on equity of 7.13% beat Barclays' return on equity.
In the previous week, Barclays had 30 more articles in the media than Standard Chartered. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Barclays and 4 mentions for Standard Chartered. Standard Chartered's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Barclays' score of 0.06 indicating that Barclays is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barclays has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Chartered has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
52.7% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Standard Chartered shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Barclays shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Standard Chartered shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Barclays has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Chartered. Barclays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Chartered, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barclays currently has a consensus price target of GBX 242, suggesting a potential upside of 11.65%. Standard Chartered has a consensus price target of GBX 951.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.72%. Given Barclays' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Chartered is more favorable than Barclays.
Summary
Barclays beats Standard Chartered on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STAN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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