ING Groep (ING) Competitors

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

Which has stronger 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	3.15	$6.92B	$2.14	9.49
HSBC	$67.40B	3.08	$23.53B	$6.20	9.41

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ING or HSBC?

HSBC received 439 more outperform votes than ING Groep when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ING Groep	Outperform Votes 504 54.78%	Underperform Votes 416 45.22%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 943 58.25%	Underperform Votes 676 41.75%

Do analysts recommend 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is ING or HSBC a better dividend stock?

ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. ING Groep pays out 29.9% 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 institutionals and insiders 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ING or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 34 more articles in the media than ING Groep. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for HSBC and 5 mentions for ING Groep. ING Groep's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat HSBC's score of 0.56 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	14 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, ING or HSBC?

ING Groep has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HSBC beats ING Groep on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.