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$16.08 -0.18 (-1.08%)
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BCS vs. HSBC, MUFG, RY, HDB, C, UBS, IBN, TD, SAN, and SMFG

Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include HSBC (HSBC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Barclays vs.

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

HSBC has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Barclays received 526 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HSBCOutperform Votes
943
58.25%
Underperform Votes
676
41.75%
BarclaysOutperform Votes
1469
66.74%
Underperform Votes
732
33.26%

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HSBC$67.40B3.08$23.53B$6.209.41
Barclays$26.23B2.20$8.06B$1.848.74

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Barclays shares are owned 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.

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
HSBC16.17% 12.20% 0.79%
Barclays 20.81%7.74%0.36%

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

In the previous week, HSBC had 3 more articles in the media than Barclays. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for HSBC and 37 mentions for Barclays. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Barclays' score of 0.52 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
13 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barclays
12 Very Positive mention(s)
13 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

HSBC beats Barclays on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BCS vs. The Competition

MetricBarclaysCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$57.80B$37.45B$11.37B$19.65B
Dividend Yield3.52%3.69%5.57%3.75%
P/E Ratio8.749.0322.8533.84
Price / Sales2.201.6125.6327.96
Price / Cash6.089.6317.6117.54
Price / Book0.631.302.784.60
Net Income$8.06B$3.43B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.82%0.59%0.86%-0.05%
1 Month Performance2.41%2.93%496.49%-1.94%
1 Year Performance70.74%30.09%536.82%5.06%

Barclays Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCS
Barclays
4.4744 of 5 stars
$16.08
-1.1%
N/A+73.7%$57.80B$26.23B8.7492,900Short Interest ↑
HSBC
HSBC
2.4975 of 5 stars
$57.83
+1.3%
N/A+46.9%$206.27B$67.40B9.33220,861Short Interest ↓
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
2.7847 of 5 stars
$13.86
+1.4%
N/A+37.9%$167.20B$6.78T12.71135,000Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.9427 of 5 stars
$112.66
+1.1%
$156.50
+38.9%
+17.3%$159.04B$60.46B13.6494,838Positive News
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.6391 of 5 stars
$61.66
+1.6%
N/A+20.9%$156.13B$2.39T18.74213,527
C
Citigroup
4.9872 of 5 stars
$69.96
+1.7%
$83.93
+20.0%
+18.7%$131.84B$81.09B11.76239,000
UBS
UBS Group
3.8169 of 5 stars
$33.45
+2.2%
N/A+6.6%$107.24B$45.81B22.00112,842Positive News
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.1607 of 5 stars
$29.84
+1.9%
N/A+21.1%$105.36B$1.95T19.76187,765Stock Split
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.8619 of 5 stars
$59.76
+1.4%
$80.50
+34.7%
+2.6%$104.70B$57.52B17.22102,190Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
4.3714 of 5 stars
$6.88
+1.6%
N/A+45.1%$104.17B$63.84B8.28212,764Short Interest ↓
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.3549 of 5 stars
$16.04
+0.8%
N/A+35.2%$103.81B$5.12T15.57101,000
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This page (NYSE:BCS) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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