ITUB vs. HSBC, RY, C, MUFG, HDB, UBS, TD, IBN, SMFG, and SAN
Should you be buying Itaú Unibanco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itaú Unibanco include HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Itaú Unibanco vs.
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Itaú Unibanco (NYSE:ITUB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Itaú Unibanco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HSBC has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itaú Unibanco has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Itaú Unibanco pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. HSBC pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Itaú Unibanco pays out 73.1% 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.
HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Itaú Unibanco's net margin of 12.25%. Itaú Unibanco's return on equity of 19.46% beat HSBC's return on equity.
Itaú Unibanco has a consensus price target of $6.90, suggesting a potential upside of 20.31%. Given Itaú Unibanco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Itaú Unibanco is more favorable than HSBC.
HSBC received 485 more outperform votes than Itaú Unibanco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.86% of users gave Itaú Unibanco an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, HSBC had 35 more articles in the media than Itaú Unibanco. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for HSBC and 8 mentions for Itaú Unibanco. Itaú Unibanco's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat HSBC's score of 0.60 indicating that Itaú Unibanco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Itaú Unibanco. Itaú Unibanco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HSBC and Itaú Unibanco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ITUB) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
