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Banco Santander (BNC) Competitors

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GBX 731 +2.00 (+0.27%)
As of 10/24/2025 12:25 PM Eastern

BNC vs. HSBA, BARC, LLOY, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, BOY, and TRST

Should you be buying Banco Santander stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander include HSBC (HSBA), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Bodycote (BOY), and Trustpilot Group (TRST). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Banco Santander vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, HSBC had 14 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for HSBC and 2 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat HSBC's score of 0.36 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HSBC
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Banco Santander pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 0.6% 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 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander£63.56B1.70£14.20B£82.808.83
HSBC£69.07B2.51£29.03B£101.009.94

30.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

HSBC has a net margin of 34.63% compared to Banco Santander's net margin of 20.05%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.99% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banco Santander20.05% 12.99% 0.73%
HSBC 34.63%12.54%0.80%

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

HSBC has a consensus price target of GBX 997.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.62%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HSBC 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
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

HSBC beats Banco Santander on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BNC vs. The Competition

MetricBanco SantanderBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£107.75B£126.85B£4.95B£2.66B
Dividend Yield2.76%4.17%4.40%5.35%
P/E Ratio8.8315.3823.26400.09
Price / Sales1.7066.481,377.6298,316.31
Price / Cash0.091.26127.8527.90
Price / Book1.111.412.167.26
Net Income£14.20B£10.16B£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance2.09%0.80%0.94%1.07%
1 Month Performance-5.06%-1.17%1.07%1.36%
1 Year PerformanceN/A37.00%39.01%121.87%

Banco Santander Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 731
+0.3%
N/A+94.7%£107.75B£63.56B8.83206,500News Coverage
Positive News
HSBA
HSBC
1.7614 of 5 stars
GBX 995.40
+0.3%
GBX 980.83
-1.5%
+47.2%£171.64B£69.07B985.54219,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BARC
Barclays
3.5948 of 5 stars
GBX 381
+1.7%
GBX 424.33
+11.4%
+60.9%£53.22B£27.85B940.7487,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
2.8214 of 5 stars
GBX 84.18
+0.6%
GBX 90
+6.9%
+48.9%£49.80B£19.10B1,275.4559,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
NWG
NatWest Group
3.8725 of 5 stars
GBX 539.30
-0.9%
GBX 613.33
+13.7%
+55.1%£43.31B£15.50B904.8761,000Earnings Report
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
2.3383 of 5 stars
GBX 5,734.69
+0.3%
GBX 5,513.75
-3.9%
+21.6%£38.75B£13.98B3,150.9326,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898News Coverage
BUR
Burford Capital
2.9455 of 5 stars
GBX 842.50
+0.5%
GBX 1,600
+89.9%
-23.4%£1.84B£444.57M15.07140News Coverage
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
2.025 of 5 stars
GBX 301.50
-1.5%
GBX 361
+19.7%
-4.8%£1.45B£82.81M3,241.94130
BOY
Bodycote
2.355 of 5 stars
GBX 650.05
-1.7%
GBX 811.67
+24.9%
N/A£1.14B£727.10M4,062.834,833High Trading Volume
TRST
Trustpilot Group
2.6067 of 5 stars
GBX 217
-1.4%
GBX 340.75
+57.0%
-13.2%£883.25M£233.80M-183.12820News Coverage
Insider Trade

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This page (LON:BNC) was last updated on 10/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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