NU (NU) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, HSBC or NU?

HSBC has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HSBC or NU more profitable?

NU has a net margin of 17.12% compared to HSBC's net margin of 16.17%. NU's return on equity of 30.99% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%
NU	17.12%	30.99%	4.82%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HSBC or NU?

1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of NU shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NU shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HSBC or NU?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than NU. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, 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
HSBC	$67.40B	3.05	$23.53B	$6.20	9.32
NU	$8.27B	5.96	$1.03B	$0.40	25.84

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSBC or NU?

HSBC received 907 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 53.73% of users gave NU an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 943 58.21%	Underperform Votes 677 41.79%
NU	Outperform Votes 36 53.73%	Underperform Votes 31 46.27%

Is HSBC or NU a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. NU pays an annual dividend of $1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.2%. 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. NU pays out 417.5% 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 analysts recommend HSBC or NU?

NU has a consensus target price of $15.47, suggesting a potential upside of 49.65%. Given NU's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NU is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
NU	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media prefer HSBC or NU?

In the previous week, NU had 3 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for NU and 42 mentions for HSBC. NU's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat HSBC's score of 0.53 indicating that NU is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	14 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NU	29 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NU beats HSBC on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.