BNC vs. BARC, STAN, HSBA, LSEG, LLOY, NWG, PRU, CABP, LGEN, and AV
Should you be buying Banco Santander stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander include Barclays (BARC), Standard Chartered (STAN), HSBC (HSBA), London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Prudential (PRU), CAB Payments (CABP), Legal & General Group (LGEN), and Aviva (AV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Banco Santander (LON:BNC) and Barclays (LON:BARC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Barclays had 28 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Barclays and 1 mentions for Banco Santander. Barclays' average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.00 indicating that Barclays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barclays has a consensus price target of GBX 242, suggesting a potential upside of 12.55%. Given Barclays' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barclays is more favorable than Banco Santander.
Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Banco Santander pays out 2,631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barclays pays out 3,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
30.6% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Barclays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Barclays received 2301 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.68% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.
Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barclays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco Santander has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 24.68% compared to Barclays' net margin of 21.70%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.16% beat Barclays' return on equity.
Summary
Barclays beats Banco Santander on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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