Barclays (BARC) Competitors

Banco Santander (LON:BNC) and Barclays (LON:BARC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BNC or BARC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander	£70.85B	1.56	£14.20B	£63.81	9.42
Barclays	£24.93B	1.90	£4.87B	£34.03	9.69

Is BNC or BARC more profitable?

Banco Santander has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Barclays' net margin of 19.54%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.99% beat Barclays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander	20.05%	12.99%	0.73%
Barclays	19.54%	6.97%	0.32%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BNC or BARC?

32.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barclays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BNC or BARC?

Barclays received 2319 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.83% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 101 64.74%	Underperform Votes 55 35.26%
Barclays	Outperform Votes 2420 73.83%	Underperform Votes 858 26.17%

Which has more volatility and risk, BNC or BARC?

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BNC or BARC?

In the previous week, Barclays had 23 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Barclays and 3 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Barclays' score of 0.09 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Barclays	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BNC or BARC a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 23.5% 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.

Do analysts rate BNC or BARC?

Barclays has a consensus price target of GBX 340, suggesting a potential upside of 3.08%. Given Barclays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barclays is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Barclays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Summary

Barclays beats Banco Santander on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.