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Circle Internet Group (CRCL) Competitors

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$153.95 -10.87 (-6.60%)
As of 08/5/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

CRCL vs. SAN, TD, IBN, UBS, SMFG, BBVA, IBIT, BMO, MFG, and ING

Should you be buying Circle Internet Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Circle Internet Group include Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA), iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), Bank Of Montreal (BMO), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), and ING Group (ING). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Circle Internet Group vs. Its Competitors

Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) and Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

9.2% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, Circle Internet Group had 1 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Circle Internet Group and 20 mentions for Banco Santander. Circle Internet Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.25 indicating that Circle Internet Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander
3 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Circle Internet Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Circle Internet Group. Circle Internet Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander$66.96B1.94$13.61B$0.909.68
Circle Internet GroupN/AN/AN/A-$0.01-12,166.11

Banco Santander has a net margin of 17.30% compared to Circle Internet Group's net margin of 0.00%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 11.98% beat Circle Internet Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banco Santander17.30% 11.98% 0.71%
Circle Internet Group N/A N/A N/A

Circle Internet Group has a consensus price target of $175.27, indicating a potential upside of 13.85%. Given Circle Internet Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Circle Internet Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Circle Internet Group
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Summary

Banco Santander beats Circle Internet Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CRCL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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CRCL vs. The Competition

MetricCircle Internet GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$36.68B$7.57B$12.10B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A4.91%5.65%3.68%
P/E Ratio-12,166.1119.4119.8929.31
Price / SalesN/A4.9326.0564.11
Price / CashN/A20.5721.3123.31
Price / BookN/A2.602.124.40
Net IncomeN/A$310.82M$1.00B$995.90M
7 Day Performance-19.49%0.77%0.34%0.27%
1 Month Performance-18.45%8.78%0.12%0.39%
1 Year PerformanceN/A36.40%544.26%15.57%

Circle Internet Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRCL
Circle Internet Group
1.1734 of 5 stars
$153.95
-6.6%
$175.27
+13.9%
N/A$36.68BN/A-12,166.11900Gap Down
SAN
Banco Santander
3.1312 of 5 stars
$8.67
+3.2%
N/A+98.6%$125.04B$66.96B9.63199,958Earnings Report
Gap Up
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
3.8473 of 5 stars
$73.48
+1.3%
$93.00
+26.6%
+30.7%$124.44B$88.27B10.77102,190Positive News
Short Interest ↑
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.8133 of 5 stars
$33.20
-1.3%
N/A+18.1%$120.03B$22.68B20.50187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
3.8096 of 5 stars
$37.34
+1.8%
N/A+34.2%$117.58B$84.56B19.75108,648Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.6873 of 5 stars
$15.22
+1.0%
N/A+26.0%$97.58B$66.82B16.03123,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
3.0212 of 5 stars
$17.07
+2.4%
N/A+80.3%$97.26B$38.40B8.98125,916Earnings Report
IBIT
iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF
N/A$65.20
+1.5%
N/A+111.8%$85.03BN/A0.00N/A
BMO
Bank Of Montreal
4.341 of 5 stars
$111.95
+1.0%
$129.50
+15.7%
+41.5%$79.61B$58.27B14.5253,597Positive News
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
4.5925 of 5 stars
$5.93
+1.5%
N/A+55.9%$73.56B$3.61T12.3452,554Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
ING
ING Group
3.3857 of 5 stars
$22.98
+1.2%
N/A+39.0%$71.48B$24.47B10.5960,000Earnings Report
Dividend Cut

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