HDB vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, C, MUFG, SAN, TD, UBS, IBN, and BBVA
Should you be buying HDFC Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HDFC Bank include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), ICICI Bank (IBN), and Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
HDFC Bank vs. Its Competitors
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment and earnings.
Bank of America has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than HDFC Bank. Bank of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HDFC Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of America has a net margin of 14.81% compared to HDFC Bank's net margin of 14.49%. HDFC Bank's return on equity of 11.60% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
Bank of America presently has a consensus price target of $50.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.71%. Given Bank of America's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HDFC Bank.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 96 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 107 mentions for Bank of America and 11 mentions for HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Bank of America's score of 0.99 indicating that HDFC Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Bank of America pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HDFC Bank pays out 20.2% 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. Bank of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Bank of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Bank of America beats HDFC Bank on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:HDB) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
