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Standard Chartered (STAN) Competitors

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GBX 1,407 +5.00 (+0.36%)
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STAN vs. BNC, CABP, HSBA, BARC, LLOY, LSEG, NWG, PRU, AV, and AIBG

Should you be buying Standard Chartered stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Chartered include Banco Santander (BNC), CAB Payments (CABP), HSBC (HSBA), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), NatWest Group (NWG), Prudential (PRU), Aviva (AV), and AIB Group (AIBG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Standard Chartered vs. Its Competitors

Banco Santander (LON:BNC) and Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

Standard Chartered has a net margin of 24.04% compared to Banco Santander's net margin of 20.05%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.99% beat Standard Chartered's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banco Santander20.05% 12.99% 0.73%
Standard Chartered 24.04%8.77%0.41%

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Chartered. Standard Chartered 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£63.56B1.69£14.20B£82.808.78
Standard Chartered£20.46B1.58£4.20B£181.907.74

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Chartered has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Standard Chartered has a consensus target price of GBX 1,316.25, indicating a potential downside of 6.45%. Given Standard Chartered's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Chartered 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
Standard Chartered
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

30.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Standard Chartered shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Standard Chartered shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Banco Santander pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Chartered pays out 0.2% 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.

In the previous week, Standard Chartered had 20 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Standard Chartered and 2 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Standard Chartered's score of 0.20 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Standard Chartered
2 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Banco Santander beats Standard Chartered on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STAN vs. The Competition

MetricStandard CharteredBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£32.25B£124.87B£4.86B£2.60B
Dividend Yield2.17%4.17%4.41%5.37%
P/E Ratio7.7415.2722.53400.29
Price / Sales1.5865.741,453.3798,387.28
Price / Cash0.061.23127.7427.90
Price / Book0.861.402.147.31
Net Income£4.20B£10.16B£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance1.85%0.30%0.47%0.75%
1 Month Performance-3.48%-1.23%0.53%0.94%
1 Year Performance64.37%40.34%38.75%116.98%

Standard Chartered Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STAN
Standard Chartered
2.4472 of 5 stars
GBX 1,407
+0.4%
GBX 1,316.25
-6.4%
+66.5%£32.25B£20.46B7.7484,845Trending News
High Trading Volume
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 741
-0.1%
N/A+91.6%£109.80B£63.56B894.93206,500News Coverage
Positive News
CABP
CAB Payments
2.0493 of 5 stars
GBX 51.80
-0.6%
GBX 99
+91.1%
-60.2%£131.50M£100.94M1,786.21381
HSBA
HSBC
1.8574 of 5 stars
GBX 982.80
-0.9%
GBX 980.83
-0.2%
+46.0%£169.47B£69.07B973.07219,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BARC
Barclays
3.7058 of 5 stars
GBX 371.45
-0.9%
GBX 424.33
+14.2%
+62.4%£51.88B£27.85B917.1687,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
2.8934 of 5 stars
GBX 83.44
-0.3%
GBX 90
+7.9%
+38.7%£49.36B£19.10B1,264.2459,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
LSEG
London Stock Exchange Group
3.7369 of 5 stars
GBX 8,930
+0.5%
£128.40
+43.8%
-10.0%£46.44B£9.14B4,808.8325,608Trending News
NWG
NatWest Group
3.9205 of 5 stars
GBX 538
-1.1%
GBX 613.33
+14.0%
+53.5%£43.20B£15.50B902.6861,000Positive News
Gap Up
PRU
Prudential
4.0088 of 5 stars
GBX 1,005
-0.7%
GBX 1,189.40
+18.3%
+55.5%£25.61B£21.26B780.8939,900High Trading Volume
AV
Aviva
1.8651 of 5 stars
GBX 676.20
+0.6%
GBX 690.67
+2.1%
+38.1%£18.17B£37.44B13.9426,382High Trading Volume
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 654
-0.9%
N/A+56.8%£13.97B£4.67B730.7310,551News Coverage

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This page (LON:STAN) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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