Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR) Competitors

Banco Santander Brasil (NYSE:BSBR) and ING Group (NYSE:ING) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Is BSBR or ING more profitable?

ING Group has a net margin of 27.28% compared to Banco Santander Brasil's net margin of 6.97%. ING Group's return on equity of 11.62% beat Banco Santander Brasil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander Brasil	6.97%	9.57%	0.93%
ING Group	27.28%	11.62%	0.58%

Do analysts recommend BSBR or ING?

Banco Santander Brasil presently has a consensus target price of $5.35, indicating a potential upside of 4.19%. Given Banco Santander Brasil's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Banco Santander Brasil is more favorable than ING Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander Brasil	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
ING Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BSBR or ING?

14.5% of Banco Santander Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of ING Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Banco Santander Brasil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BSBR or ING?

ING Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banco Santander Brasil. Banco Santander Brasil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ING Group, 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
Banco Santander Brasil	$25.44B	0.75	$2.48B	$0.81	6.34
ING Group	$24.47B	3.12	$5.77B	$2.17	11.20

Is BSBR or ING a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. ING Group pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Banco Santander Brasil pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ING Group pays out 31.8% 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.

Does the media refer more to BSBR or ING?

In the previous week, ING Group had 4 more articles in the media than Banco Santander Brasil. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ING Group and 5 mentions for Banco Santander Brasil. Banco Santander Brasil's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat ING Group's score of 0.76 indicating that Banco Santander Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander Brasil	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ING Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BSBR or ING?

Banco Santander Brasil has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ING Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ING Group beats Banco Santander Brasil on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.