CAB Payments (CABP) Competitors

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

Does the media favor HSBA or CABP?

In the previous week, HSBC had 5 more articles in the media than CAB Payments. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HSBC and 3 mentions for CAB Payments. CAB Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat HSBC's score of 0.30 indicating that CAB Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CAB Payments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HSBA or CABP?

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
HSBC	£83.82B	2.32	£29.03B	£103.98	8.36
CAB Payments	£158.86M	0.67	£19.39M	£7.64	5.45

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HSBA or CABP?

45.8% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.3% of CAB Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.3% of CAB Payments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HSBA or CABP?

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

Do analysts rate HSBA or CABP?

HSBC currently has a consensus target price of GBX 991.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.09%. CAB Payments has a consensus target price of GBX 99, indicating a potential upside of 137.70%. Given CAB Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CAB Payments is more favorable than HSBC.

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

Is HSBA or CABP 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
HSBC	34.63%	12.54%	0.80%
CAB Payments	12.21%	14.16%	0.14%

Summary

HSBC beats CAB Payments on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.