HDB vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, TD, SAN, IBN, UBS, and SMFG
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), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
HDFC Bank vs. Its Competitors
HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) 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, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 73 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 111 mentions for Bank of America and 38 mentions for HDFC Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat HDFC Bank's score of 0.59 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HDFC Bank has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.56%. HDFC Bank's return on equity of 13.85% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HDFC Bank pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 31.0% 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 has higher revenue and earnings 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.
Bank of America has a consensus target price of $48.28, suggesting a potential downside of 1.34%. Given Bank of America's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HDFC Bank.
Summary
Bank of America beats HDFC Bank on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:HDB) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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