Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DB or HSBC?

HSBC received 132 more outperform votes than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 51.55% of users gave Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Outperform Votes 834 51.55%	Underperform Votes 784 48.45%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 966 58.23%	Underperform Votes 693 41.77%

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

27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, DB or HSBC?

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DB or HSBC more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's net margin of 4.66%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	4.66%	3.90%	0.22%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Does the media favor DB or HSBC?

In the previous week, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft had 6 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and 27 mentions for HSBC. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat HSBC's score of 0.50 indicating that Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	9 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer DB or HSBC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is DB or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of $0.2110 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays out 12.6% 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. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DB or HSBC?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, 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
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$30.82B	1.84	$3.64B	$1.68	16.94
HSBC	$68.12B	3.11	$23.53B	$5.45	11.00

Summary

HSBC beats Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.