ING Groep (ING) Competitors

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

Is ING or HSBC more profitable?

ING Groep has a net margin of 28.30% compared to HSBC's net margin of 16.17%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat ING Groep's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ING Groep	28.30%	11.81%	0.61%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Is ING or HSBC a better dividend stock?

ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. ING Groep pays out 60.7% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ING or HSBC?

4.5% of ING Groep shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, ING or HSBC?

ING Groep has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ING or HSBC?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than ING Groep. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ING Groep, 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
ING Groep	$22.53B	2.88	$6.92B	$2.14	8.66
HSBC	$67.40B	2.76	$23.53B	$6.20	8.42

Do analysts rate ING or HSBC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ING Groep	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ING or HSBC?

HSBC received 444 more outperform votes than ING Groep when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.29% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 54.83% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ING Groep	Outperform Votes 505 54.83%	Underperform Votes 416 45.17%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 949 58.29%	Underperform Votes 679 41.71%

Does the media favor ING or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 25 more articles in the media than ING Groep. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for HSBC and 16 mentions for ING Groep. ING Groep's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat HSBC's score of 0.79 indicating that ING Groep is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ING Groep	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	17 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

HSBC beats ING Groep on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.