ITUB vs. HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, SAN, UBS, TD, IBN, BBVA, and SMFG
Should you be buying Itau Unibanco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itau Unibanco include HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Itau Unibanco vs. Its Competitors
Itau Unibanco (NYSE:ITUB) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Itau Unibanco has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Itau Unibanco. Itau Unibanco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Itau Unibanco has a net margin of 14.05% compared to HSBC's net margin of 13.48%. Itau Unibanco's return on equity of 19.48% beat HSBC's return on equity.
Itau Unibanco currently has a consensus price target of $6.27, indicating a potential downside of 12.39%. HSBC has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.59%. Given HSBC's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than Itau Unibanco.
In the previous week, HSBC had 17 more articles in the media than Itau Unibanco. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for HSBC and 4 mentions for Itau Unibanco. Itau Unibanco's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat HSBC's score of 0.71 indicating that Itau Unibanco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Itau Unibanco pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Itau Unibanco pays out 4.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 39.2% 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.
1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Itau Unibanco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
HSBC beats Itau Unibanco on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ITUB) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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