BARC vs. HSBA, BNC, RKT, LLOY, NWG, COB, BUR, BCG, BOY, and TRST
Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include HSBC (HSBA), Banco Santander (BNC), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Bodycote (BOY), and Trustpilot Group (TRST). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Barclays vs.
HSBC (LON:HSBA) and Barclays (LON:BARC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
HSBC has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less 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.
45.8% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barclays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HSBC has a net margin of 39.51% compared to Barclays' net margin of 21.24%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.64% beat Barclays' return on equity.
Barclays received 1432 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.78% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 50.26% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barclays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Barclays had 26 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Barclays and 6 mentions for HSBC. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Barclays' score of 0.11 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. HSBC pays out 5,393.3% 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.
HSBC presently has a consensus target price of GBX 795, suggesting a potential downside of 1.17%. Barclays has a consensus target price of GBX 294, suggesting a potential upside of 4.64%. Given Barclays' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barclays is more favorable than HSBC.
Summary
HSBC and Barclays tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BARC) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
