Barclays (BCS) Competitors

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.

Which has more volatility & risk, HSBC or BCS?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSBC or BCS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 943 58.25%	Underperform Votes 676 41.75%
Barclays	Outperform Votes 1469 66.74%	Underperform Votes 732 33.26%

Is HSBC or BCS a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	3.08	$23.53B	$6.20	9.41
Barclays	$26.23B	2.20	$8.06B	$1.84	8.74

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HSBC or BCS?

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.

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%

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

Does the media prefer HSBC or BCS?

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.