HSBC (HSBC) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer BAC or HSBC?

In the previous week, Bank of America had 75 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 114 mentions for Bank of America and 39 mentions for HSBC. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat HSBC's score of 0.56 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	72 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	12 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	12 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BAC or HSBC?

Bank of America currently has a consensus price target of $48.45, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HSBC.

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
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is BAC or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Bank of America pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 115.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of America has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BAC or HSBC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America	$101.89B	3.22	$27.13B	$3.22	13.38
HSBC	$67.40B	3.07	$23.53B	$6.20	9.37

Is BAC or HSBC more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.10%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of America	14.10%	10.29%	0.84%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Which has more risk & volatility, BAC or HSBC?

Bank of America has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAC or HSBC?

Bank of America received 1156 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.77% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 58.22% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of America	Outperform Votes 2098 64.77%	Underperform Votes 1141 35.23%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 942 58.22%	Underperform Votes 676 41.78%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BAC or HSBC?

70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bank of America beats HSBC on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.