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Bank of America (BAC) Competitors

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BAC vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, TD, 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), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bank of America vs.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

Bank of America currently has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.72%. HSBC has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.48%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HSBC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$103.44B3.27$27.13B$3.3613.37
HSBC$68.12B3.11$23.53B$5.4511.06

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.10%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America14.10% 10.29% 0.84%
HSBC 16.17%12.20%0.79%

Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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 raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Bank of America had 50 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for Bank of America and 33 mentions for HSBC. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat HSBC's score of 0.63 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
49 Very Positive mention(s)
22 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HSBC
13 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bank of America received 1182 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of AmericaOutperform Votes
2153
64.69%
Underperform Votes
1175
35.31%
HSBCOutperform Votes
971
58.21%
Underperform Votes
697
41.79%

Summary

Bank of America beats HSBC on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BAC vs. The Competition

MetricBank of AmericaNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$338.41B$23.76B$11.70B$19.72B
Dividend Yield2.34%3.54%5.50%3.85%
P/E Ratio13.9513.0422.9835.75
Price / Sales3.272.8326.9045.92
Price / Cash11.4511.1617.6217.51
Price / Book1.271.202.844.82
Net Income$27.13B$2.17B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.03%1.41%1.29%2.70%
1 Month Performance7.36%1.42%2.99%5.03%
1 Year Performance12.95%22.37%540.52%12.85%

Bank of America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAC
Bank of America
4.8542 of 5 stars
$44.93
-0.1%
$47.50
+5.7%
+12.9%$338.41B$103.44B13.95217,000Trending News
Ex-Dividend
HSBC
HSBC
2.044 of 5 stars
$59.93
+1.1%
N/A+35.7%$211.81B$68.12B9.67219,000Trending News
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.3894 of 5 stars
$75.66
+0.4%
N/A+28.9%$191.59B$2.87T23.00141,600
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.937 of 5 stars
$127.69
+0.8%
$156.50
+22.6%
+19.9%$180.44B$60.46B15.4491,400Trending News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.0809 of 5 stars
$14.04
-0.6%
N/A+32.8%$169.37B$6.84T12.88135,000
C
Citigroup
4.9272 of 5 stars
$75.79
+0.6%
$83.97
+10.8%
+26.5%$141.62B$81.68B12.74240,000Trending News
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.6022 of 5 stars
$34.20
-0.1%
N/A+26.0%$121.88B$2.06T22.65105,800Stock Split
SAN
Banco Santander
3.4719 of 5 stars
$8.03
+0.7%
N/A+57.9%$121.60B$63.41B9.67206,500
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
4.0492 of 5 stars
$69.19
+0.2%
$93.00
+34.4%
+26.1%$120.11B$58.76B19.9493,700Positive News
UBS
UBS Group
3.7933 of 5 stars
$32.03
+0.4%
N/A+4.1%$102.65B$44.79B21.0672,600Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.3698 of 5 stars
$15.47
+0.4%
N/A+16.7%$100.12B$5.07T15.01101,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BAC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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