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HDB vs. BAC, HSBC, MUFG, RY, C, IBN, TD, SMFG, SAN, and UBS

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

HDFC Bank vs.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Bank of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HDFC Bank. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HDFC Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$101.89B3.08$27.13B$3.2212.81
HDFC Bank$2.39T0.07$7.47B$3.2920.10

HDFC Bank has a net margin of 14.64% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.10%. HDFC Bank's return on equity of 12.19% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America14.10% 10.29% 0.84%
HDFC Bank 14.64%12.19%1.67%

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Bank of America pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HDFC Bank pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Bank of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Bank of America presently has a consensus price target of $48.45, indicating a potential upside of 17.50%. Given Bank of America's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HDFC Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
HDFC Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Bank of America has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America received 1668 more outperform votes than HDFC Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave HDFC Bank an outperform vote while only 64.77% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of AmericaOutperform Votes
2100
64.77%
Underperform Votes
1142
35.23%
HDFC BankOutperform Votes
432
68.57%
Underperform Votes
198
31.43%

In the previous week, Bank of America had 91 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 108 mentions for Bank of America and 17 mentions for HDFC Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat HDFC Bank's score of 0.73 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
76 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HDFC Bank
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Bank of America beats HDFC Bank on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HDB vs. The Competition

MetricHDFC BankCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$167.50B$37.07B$11.31B$19.39B
Dividend Yield0.90%3.61%5.39%3.76%
P/E Ratio20.108.8822.4933.06
Price / Sales0.071.5925.6026.59
Price / Cash17.519.6317.6217.55
Price / Book2.741.292.674.53
Net Income$7.47B$3.43B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.49%-0.77%-0.01%-1.30%
1 Month Performance7.33%1.44%495.71%-4.04%
1 Year Performance18.18%28.13%536.45%2.55%

HDFC Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.8283 of 5 stars
$66.15
-1.1%
N/A+18.2%$167.50B$2.39T20.10213,527News Coverage
Positive News
BAC
Bank of America
4.9235 of 5 stars
$43.09
+1.5%
$48.45
+12.5%
+8.7%$327.57B$101.89B13.38217,000Positive News
HSBC
HSBC
2.4476 of 5 stars
$58.08
+0.4%
N/A+46.8%$206.84B$67.40B9.37220,861Short Interest ↓
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
2.7291 of 5 stars
$14.65
-2.2%
N/A+36.8%$176.73B$6.78T13.44135,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.9037 of 5 stars
$115.91
+2.0%
$156.50
+35.0%
+11.1%$163.63B$60.46B14.0394,838Positive News
C
Citigroup
4.983 of 5 stars
$74.12
+3.0%
$83.53
+12.7%
+11.1%$139.67B$81.09B12.46239,000Analyst Downgrade
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.0777 of 5 stars
$31.66
+1.2%
N/A+18.8%$111.80B$1.95T20.96187,765Stock Split
Gap Up
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.8192 of 5 stars
$60.56
+1.7%
$80.50
+32.9%
-0.1%$106.11B$57.52B17.45102,190Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.1161 of 5 stars
$16.37
-2.1%
N/A+33.8%$105.95B$5.12T15.89101,000
SAN
Banco Santander
4.3692 of 5 stars
$6.99
+0.9%
N/A+40.2%$105.84B$63.84B8.42212,764Short Interest ↓
UBS
UBS Group
3.73 of 5 stars
$32.95
+0.7%
N/A+2.7%$105.66B$45.35B21.68112,842Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
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This page (NYSE:HDB) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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