BBVA vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, TD, SAN, IBN, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria include HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria vs. Its Competitors
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
3.0% of Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, HSBC had 8 more articles in the media than Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for HSBC and 14 mentions for Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria. Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat HSBC's score of 0.33 indicating that Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HSBC has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.89%. Given HSBC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria. Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 36.3% 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.
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria has a net margin of 28.85% compared to HSBC's net margin of 14.55%. Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria's return on equity of 17.97% beat HSBC's return on equity.
Summary
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria beats HSBC on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BBVA) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff