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HSBC (HSBA) Competitors

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GBX 955.45 +1.25 (+0.13%)
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HSBA vs. BNC, BARC, LLOY, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, BOY, and TRST

Should you be buying HSBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HSBC include Banco Santander (BNC), 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.

HSBC 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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander£70.85B1.83£14.20B£63.8111.05
HSBC£83.82B2.54£29.03B£103.989.19

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 46.2% 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 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%

32.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

HSBC has a consensus price target of GBX 969.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.44%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

In the previous week, HSBC had 8 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for HSBC and 4 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat HSBC's score of 0.11 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HSBC
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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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HSBA vs. The Competition

MetricHSBCBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£213.31B£127.37B£6.48B£3.18B
Dividend Yield0.06%3.90%4.16%5.04%
P/E Ratio9.1915.6614.33166.92
Price / Sales2.5470.821,769.38448,413.15
Price / Cash0.091.23127.5127.93
Price / Book0.871.335.286.35
Net Income£29.03B£10.16B£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.23%-0.14%0.97%0.76%
1 Month Performance-0.33%3.68%2.46%49.50%
1 Year Performance44.22%40.60%24.83%141.61%

HSBC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSBA
HSBC
0.9863 of 5 stars
GBX 955.45
+0.1%
GBX 969.17
+1.4%
+44.2%£213.31B£83.82B9.19219,000Trending News
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 720
+1.4%
N/A+83.8%£132.16B£70.85B11.28206,500Positive News
BARC
Barclays
3.4076 of 5 stars
GBX 376.45
+0.7%
GBX 400.20
+6.3%
+61.3%£54.05B£24.93B11.0687,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
2.3378 of 5 stars
GBX 84.10
+0.5%
GBX 82.75
-1.6%
+39.6%£50.99B£28.75B10.6459,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NWG
NatWest Group
4.2314 of 5 stars
GBX 562.40
-0.1%
GBX 590
+4.9%
+55.8%£45.02B£24.36B10.1061,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.7684 of 5 stars
GBX 5,596
-0.6%
GBX 5,618.33
+0.4%
+28.1%£38.18B£13.78B25.6126,000
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
2.7302 of 5 stars
GBX 1,037
+2.1%
GBX 1,600
+54.3%
+1.7%£2.85B£299.55M18.55140
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.156 of 5 stars
GBX 339
+0.1%
GBX 350
+3.2%
+25.4%£1.94B£92.71M50.81130
BOY
Bodycote
2.1881 of 5 stars
GBX 650.50
+3.6%
GBX 758.33
+16.6%
-3.5%£1.16B£739.54M19.574,833
TRST
Trustpilot Group
1.6441 of 5 stars
GBX 210.40
-1.4%
GBX 310
+47.3%
+6.6%£1.10B£222.55M69.75820News Coverage

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This page (LON:HSBA) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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