Itaú Unibanco (ITUB) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ITUB or HSBC?

HSBC has lower revenue, but higher 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Itaú Unibanco	$158.57B	0.38	$7.62B	$0.71	7.87
HSBC	$67.40B	2.76	$23.53B	$6.20	8.42

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ITUB or HSBC?

HSBC received 513 more outperform votes than Itaú Unibanco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.86% of users gave Itaú Unibanco an outperform vote while only 58.29% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Itaú Unibanco	Outperform Votes 436 65.86%	Underperform Votes 226 34.14%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 949 58.29%	Underperform Votes 679 41.71%

Does the media favor ITUB or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 35 more articles in the media than Itaú Unibanco. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for HSBC and 5 mentions for Itaú Unibanco. Itaú Unibanco's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat HSBC's score of 0.79 indicating that Itaú Unibanco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Itaú Unibanco	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	16 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ITUB or HSBC?

Itaú Unibanco has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ITUB or HSBC?

Itaú Unibanco presently has a consensus price target of $6.27, suggesting a potential upside of 12.31%. Given Itaú Unibanco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Itaú Unibanco is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Itaú Unibanco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is ITUB or HSBC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Itaú Unibanco	12.25%	19.46%	1.47%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Is ITUB or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Itaú Unibanco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Itaú Unibanco pays out 2.8% 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 ITUB or HSBC?

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Itaú Unibanco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Itaú Unibanco beats HSBC on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.