CAB Payments (CABP) Competitors

CAB Payments (LON:CABP) and HSBC (LON:HSBA) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Does the media refer more to CABP or HSBA?

In the previous week, HSBC had 16 more articles in the media than CAB Payments. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for HSBC and 0 mentions for CAB Payments. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat CAB Payments' score of 0.25 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CAB Payments	Neutral
HSBC	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CABP or HSBA?

HSBC received 978 more outperform votes than CAB Payments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave CAB Payments an outperform vote while only 50.31% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAB Payments	Outperform Votes 7 87.50%	Underperform Votes 1 12.50%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 985 50.31%	Underperform Votes 973 49.69%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CABP or HSBA?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than CAB Payments. CAB Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, 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
CAB Payments	£158.86M	0.75	£19.39M	£7.64	6.16
HSBC	£83.82B	2.25	£29.03B	£103.98	8.14

Is CABP or HSBA more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 34.63% compared to CAB Payments' net margin of 12.21%. CAB Payments' return on equity of 14.16% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAB Payments	12.21%	14.16%	0.14%
HSBC	34.63%	12.54%	0.80%

Do analysts recommend CABP or HSBA?

CAB Payments presently has a consensus price target of GBX 99, suggesting a potential upside of 110.64%. HSBC has a consensus price target of GBX 991.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.19%. Given CAB Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CAB Payments is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAB Payments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CABP or HSBA?

29.3% of CAB Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 64.3% of CAB Payments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

HSBC beats CAB Payments on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.