STAN vs. BARC, BNC, LGEN, PRU, AV, SMT, AIBG, NWG, ADM, and PSH
Should you be buying Standard Chartered stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Chartered include Barclays (BARC), Banco Santander (BNC), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Prudential (PRU), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), AIB Group (AIBG), NatWest Group (NWG), Admiral Group (ADM), and Pershing Square (PSH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) and Barclays (LON:BARC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Barclays has a net margin of 22.38% compared to Standard Chartered's net margin of 20.85%. Barclays' return on equity of 7.54% beat Standard Chartered's return on equity.
Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Standard Chartered pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barclays pays out 2,963.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
69.3% of Standard Chartered shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Standard Chartered shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barclays 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.
Standard Chartered has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barclays has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Chartered. Barclays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Chartered, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Standard Chartered currently has a consensus target price of GBX 964.67, suggesting a potential upside of 41.95%. Barclays has a consensus target price of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 25.90%. Given Standard Chartered's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Chartered is more favorable than Barclays.
Barclays received 1551 more outperform votes than Standard Chartered when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.67% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Standard Chartered an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Barclays had 27 more articles in the media than Standard Chartered. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Barclays and 15 mentions for Standard Chartered. Barclays' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Standard Chartered's score of 0.12 indicating that Barclays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Barclays beats Standard Chartered on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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