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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, HSBC had 4 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for HSBC and 2 mentions for Banco Santander. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Banco Santander's score of -0.08 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HSBC has a consensus price target of GBX 980.83, indicating a potential downside of 7.55%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than Banco Santander.
Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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 63.8% 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.
Summary
HSBC beats Banco Santander on 13 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:BNC) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
