SAN vs. HSBC, RY, HDB, MUFG, C, UBS, IBN, TD, SMFG, and BMO
Should you be buying Banco Santander stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander include HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Bank of Montreal (BMO). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Banco Santander vs.
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. HSBC pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 20.0% 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 received 331 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.95% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, HSBC had 2 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for HSBC and 20 mentions for Banco Santander. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.04 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 15.76% compared to HSBC's net margin of 15.70%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 11.70% beat HSBC's return on equity.
HSBC has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
HSBC beats Banco Santander on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SAN) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
