HDB vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, TD, SAN, 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), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
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.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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 has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 107 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 132 mentions for Bank of America and 25 mentions for HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Bank of America's score of 0.63 indicating that HDFC Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $48.31, indicating a potential upside of 26.61%. Given Bank of America's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HDFC Bank.
Bank of America received 1681 more outperform votes than HDFC Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave HDFC Bank an outperform vote while only 64.78% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of HDFC Bank 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.
Summary
Bank of America and HDFC Bank tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HDB) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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