BAC vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, TD, SAN, IBN, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Bank of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of America include HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bank of America vs. Its Competitors
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 36.3% 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. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of America has a net margin of 14.56% compared to HSBC's net margin of 14.55%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.55% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 100 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 128 mentions for Bank of America and 28 mentions for HSBC. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat HSBC's score of 0.58 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HSBC. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of America currently has a consensus price target of $47.65, suggesting a potential upside of 1.13%. HSBC has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.68%. Given HSBC's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than Bank of America.
70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bank of America beats HSBC on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BAC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BAC) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
