Standard Chartered (STAN) Competitors

Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) and Banco Santander (LON:BNC) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

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%

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 1.7%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Standard Chartered 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, STAN or BNC?

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	2.38	£4.20B	£111.05	12.41
Banco Santander	£70.85B	1.83	£14.20B	£63.81	11.05

Do analysts rate STAN or BNC?

Standard Chartered currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,266.25, indicating a potential downside of 8.10%. Given Standard Chartered's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
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 12 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Standard Chartered and 4 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Standard Chartered's score of 0.54 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Standard Chartered	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Summary

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