Standard Chartered (STAN) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, BNC or STAN?

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
Banco Santander	£70.85B	1.52	£14.20B	£63.81	9.20
Standard Chartered	£17.46B	2.06	£4.20B	£111.05	10.73

Is BNC or STAN a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Chartered pays out 20.7% 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 analysts recommend BNC or STAN?

Standard Chartered has a consensus target price of GBX 1,085, suggesting a potential downside of 8.98%. Given Standard Chartered's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk and volatility, BNC or STAN?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BNC or STAN?

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

Is BNC or STAN 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
Banco Santander	20.05%	12.99%	0.73%
Standard Chartered	24.04%	8.77%	0.41%

Does the media refer more to BNC or STAN?

In the previous week, Standard Chartered had 22 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Standard Chartered and 0 mentions for Banco Santander. Standard Chartered's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.00 indicating that Standard Chartered is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander	Neutral
Standard Chartered	Neutral

Summary

Standard Chartered beats Banco Santander on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.