Barclays (BCS) Competitors

HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HSBC or BCS?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. Barclays 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	$67.40B	2.70	$23.53B	$6.20	8.25
Barclays	$26.23B	1.95	$8.06B	$1.84	7.77

Is HSBC or BCS more profitable?

Barclays has a net margin of 20.81% compared to HSBC's net margin of 16.17%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Barclays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%
Barclays	20.81%	7.74%	0.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSBC or BCS?

Barclays received 530 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 58.29% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 949 58.29%	Underperform Votes 679 41.71%
Barclays	Outperform Votes 1479 66.56%	Underperform Votes 743 33.44%

Do analysts prefer HSBC or BCS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Barclays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HSBC or BCS?

1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Barclays shares are held by company 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 media refer more to HSBC or BCS?

In the previous week, Barclays had 55 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 93 mentions for Barclays and 38 mentions for HSBC. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Barclays' score of 0.24 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	17 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barclays	21 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	35 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	15 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HSBC or BCS a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. HSBC pays out 115.8% 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 pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, HSBC or BCS?

HSBC has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HSBC and Barclays tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.