HDB vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, UBS, IBN, TD, SMFG, and SAN
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), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
HDFC Bank vs.
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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Bank of America has lower revenue, but higher 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.
HDFC Bank has a net margin of 14.48% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 12.48%. HDFC Bank's return on equity of 12.49% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
Bank of America has a consensus price target of $48.58, suggesting a potential upside of 4.36%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HDFC Bank.
17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. HDFC Bank pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 37.8% 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 raised 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.
HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 128 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 137 mentions for Bank of America and 9 mentions for HDFC Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat HDFC Bank's score of 0.55 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of America received 1616 more outperform votes than HDFC Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave HDFC Bank an outperform vote while only 65.16% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote.
Summary
Bank of America beats HDFC Bank on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HDB) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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