BCS vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, TD, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays 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.
Barclays vs.
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, Barclays had 40 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Barclays and 27 mentions for HSBC. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Barclays' score of 0.27 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Barclays shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
HSBC has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.71%. Given HSBC's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Barclays.
Barclays received 533 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 27.9% 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.
Summary
HSBC beats Barclays on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BCS) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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