BNC vs. HSBA, BARC, LLOY, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, and BOY
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), Trustpilot Group (TRST), and Bodycote (BOY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Banco Santander vs. Its Competitors
HSBC (LON:HSBA) and Banco Santander (LON:BNC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander, 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.
In the previous week, HSBC had 7 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HSBC and 1 mentions for Banco Santander. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.00 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HSBC has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. HSBC pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% 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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 947.86, indicating a potential downside of 0.72%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Banco Santander.
45.8% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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
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This page (LON:BNC) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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