Standard Chartered (STAN) Competitors

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

Is STAN or BNC more profitable?

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
Standard Chartered	24.04%	8.77%	0.41%
Banco Santander	20.05%	12.99%	0.73%

Do analysts rate STAN or BNC?

Standard Chartered currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,085, suggesting a potential downside of 7.07%. Given Standard Chartered's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Standard Chartered is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Standard Chartered	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor STAN or BNC?

In the previous week, Standard Chartered had 7 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Standard Chartered and 2 mentions for Banco Santander. Standard Chartered's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.22 indicating that Standard Chartered is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Standard Chartered	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Banco Santander	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, STAN or BNC?

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Chartered. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Chartered, 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
Standard Chartered	£17.46B	2.02	£4.20B	£111.05	10.51
Banco Santander	£70.85B	1.55	£14.20B	£63.81	9.37

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STAN or BNC?

Standard Chartered received 753 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave Standard Chartered an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Standard Chartered	Outperform Votes 854 58.77%	Underperform Votes 599 41.23%
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 101 64.74%	Underperform Votes 55 35.26%

Which has more risk & volatility, STAN or BNC?

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

Is STAN or BNC a better dividend stock?

Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Standard Chartered pays out 20.7% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STAN or BNC?

74.7% of Standard Chartered shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Standard Chartered shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Standard Chartered beats Banco Santander on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.