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GBX 921.07 +10.57 (+1.16%)
As of 07/14/2025 12:13 PM Eastern

HSBA vs. BNC, BARC, LLOY, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, and BOY

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), Trustpilot Group (TRST), and Bodycote (BOY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

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

In the previous week, HSBC had 8 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HSBC and 1 mentions for Banco Santander. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.20 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Banco Santander
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

HSBC has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

HSBC presently has a consensus price target of GBX 991.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.66%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than Banco Santander.

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
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

HSBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 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
HSBC34.63% 12.54% 0.80%
Banco Santander 20.05%12.99%0.73%

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
HSBC£83.82B2.45£29.03B£103.988.86
Banco Santander£70.85B1.62£14.20B£63.819.81

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company 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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HSBA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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HSBA vs. The Competition

MetricHSBCBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£205.64B£119.00B£6.16B£3.01B
Dividend Yield0.06%3.91%4.20%5.02%
P/E Ratio8.8614.9313.34160.66
Price / Sales2.4566.831,750.66293,821.65
Price / Cash0.091.1349.5227.97
Price / Book0.841.261.934.64
Net Income£29.03B£10.16B£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.66%1.41%4.46%6.68%
1 Month Performance6.30%7.80%7.51%12.82%
1 Year Performance38.76%36.32%16.92%63.22%

HSBC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSBA
HSBC
1.0643 of 5 stars
GBX 921.07
+1.2%
GBX 991.67
+7.7%
+37.2%£205.64B£83.82B8.86219,000
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 626
+0.6%
N/A+69.0%£114.90B£70.85B9.81206,500
BARC
Barclays
1.7128 of 5 stars
GBX 344
+1.4%
GBX 370
+7.6%
+54.6%£49.39B£24.93B10.1187,400
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.4805 of 5 stars
GBX 76.50
+1.1%
GBX 64.25
-16.0%
+29.4%£46.39B£28.75B9.6859,400Trending News
NWG
NatWest Group
2.4523 of 5 stars
GBX 495.70
+1.4%
GBX 526.67
+6.2%
+53.2%£39.68B£24.36B8.9061,000
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.4088 of 5 stars
GBX 5,030.43
+0.3%
GBX 4,788.50
-4.8%
+15.3%£34.32B£13.78B23.0226,000
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
2.7025 of 5 stars
GBX 1,052
-0.3%
GBX 1,600
+52.1%
+0.6%£2.90B£299.55M18.82140Gap Up
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.4241 of 5 stars
GBX 371.50
+2.6%
GBX 350
-5.8%
+34.1%£2.13B£92.71M55.69130
TRST
Trustpilot Group
0.4683 of 5 stars
GBX 252.60
+0.4%
GBX 310
+22.7%
+8.6%£1.32B£222.55M83.73820
BOY
Bodycote
N/AGBX 595
+0.1%
GBX 756.67
+27.2%
-16.2%£1.07B£739.54M17.904,833

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This page (LON:HSBA) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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