Barclays (BCS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BCS or HSBC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barclays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BCS or HSBC?

Barclays received 531 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barclays	Outperform Votes 1497 65.89%	Underperform Votes 775 34.11%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 966 58.23%	Underperform Votes 693 41.77%

Is BCS or HSBC more profitable?

Barclays has a net margin of 20.81% compared to HSBC's net margin of 16.17%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Barclays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barclays	20.81%	7.74%	0.36%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Is BCS or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Barclays pays out 27.9% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BCS or HSBC?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. Barclays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, 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
Barclays	$26.99B	2.36	$8.06B	$1.97	9.06
HSBC	$68.12B	3.11	$23.53B	$5.45	11.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BCS or HSBC?

3.4% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Barclays shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BCS or HSBC?

In the previous week, Barclays had 38 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for Barclays and 27 mentions for HSBC. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Barclays' score of 0.37 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barclays	18 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HSBC	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BCS or HSBC?

Barclays has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Barclays beats HSBC on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.