BCS vs. HDB, HSBC, RY, MUFG, IBN, C, TD, SAN, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include HDFC Bank (HDB), HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), ICICI Bank (IBN), Citigroup (C), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Barclays vs.
HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Barclays had 49 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for Barclays and 16 mentions for HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Barclays' score of 0.50 indicating that HDFC Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barclays has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HDFC Bank. Barclays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HDFC Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. HDFC Bank pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 29.9% 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.
Barclays has a net margin of 20.81% compared to HDFC Bank's net margin of 14.64%. HDFC Bank's return on equity of 12.19% beat Barclays' return on equity.
17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Barclays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Barclays received 1058 more outperform votes than HDFC Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.46% of users gave HDFC Bank an outperform vote while only 66.19% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote.
Summary
HDFC Bank beats Barclays on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BCS) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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