Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, HSBC or DB?

HSBC has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HSBC or DB more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 14.55% compared to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's net margin of 5.76%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.55% beat Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	14.55%	12.55%	0.81%
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	5.76%	4.61%	0.27%

Do analysts prefer HSBC or DB?

HSBC currently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.58%. Given HSBC's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to HSBC or DB?

In the previous week, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft had 4 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and 20 mentions for HSBC. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat HSBC's score of 0.39 indicating that Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HSBC or DB a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft pays out 45.8% 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. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. HSBC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HSBC or DB?

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
HSBC	$141.75B	1.49	$23.98B	$5.45	11.05
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$71.84B	0.80	$4.70B	$1.68	17.08

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HSBC or DB?

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

HSBC beats Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.