Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BNS or HSBC?

49.1% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BNS or HSBC?

HSBC received 187 more outperform votes than Bank of Nova Scotia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.34% of users gave Bank of Nova Scotia an outperform vote while only 58.22% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of Nova Scotia	Outperform Votes 755 63.34%	Underperform Votes 437 36.66%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 942 58.22%	Underperform Votes 676 41.78%

Does the media prefer BNS or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 29 more articles in the media than Bank of Nova Scotia. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for HSBC and 10 mentions for Bank of Nova Scotia. Bank of Nova Scotia's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat HSBC's score of 0.56 indicating that Bank of Nova Scotia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of Nova Scotia	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	12 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BNS or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Bank of Nova Scotia pays an annual dividend of $2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays out 82.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Bank of Nova Scotia has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, BNS or HSBC?

Bank of Nova Scotia has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BNS or HSBC?

Bank of Nova Scotia currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 67.55%. Given Bank of Nova Scotia's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bank of Nova Scotia is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of Nova Scotia	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is BNS or HSBC more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Bank of Nova Scotia's net margin of 10.20%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Bank of Nova Scotia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of Nova Scotia	10.20%	11.56%	0.61%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BNS or HSBC?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Nova Scotia. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Nova Scotia, 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
Bank of Nova Scotia	$34.49B	1.75	$5.70B	$3.54	13.66
HSBC	$67.40B	3.07	$23.53B	$6.20	9.37

Summary

HSBC beats Bank of Nova Scotia on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.