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HDB vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, 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), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), 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

HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Bank of America has a consensus target price of $54.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.19%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HDFC Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HDFC Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Bank of America
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

17.6% of HDFC Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of HDFC Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America has lower revenue, but higher 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HDFC Bank$2.50T0.07$7.88B$1.6321.56
Bank of America$192.43B1.93$27.13B$3.4214.63

In the previous week, Bank of America had 120 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 134 mentions for Bank of America and 14 mentions for HDFC Bank. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat HDFC Bank's score of 0.86 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HDFC Bank
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bank of America
83 Very Positive mention(s)
17 Positive mention(s)
24 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. HDFC Bank pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 32.7% 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HDFC Bank14.49% 11.60% 1.60%
Bank of America 14.81%10.25%0.84%

Summary

Bank of America beats HDFC Bank on 13 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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HDB vs. The Competition

MetricHDFC BankBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$178.96B$67.44B$12.52B$21.76B
Dividend Yield0.92%3.59%5.60%3.64%
P/E Ratio21.5619.9529.9429.93
Price / Sales0.074.2029.7566.72
Price / Cash18.759.6322.4923.91
Price / Book1.781.392.314.68
Net Income$7.88B$6.73B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.62%0.42%-0.05%-0.71%
1 Month Performance0.28%-1.43%-0.26%1.18%
1 Year Performance14.46%37.13%536.72%14.46%

HDFC Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.5652 of 5 stars
$35.14
+0.2%
N/A+13.7%$178.96B$2.50T21.56214,521Upcoming Earnings
BAC
Bank of America
4.9426 of 5 stars
$48.86
+0.4%
$54.64
+11.8%
+19.4%$361.93B$104.52B14.29213,000Trending News
HSBC
HSBC
2.3318 of 5 stars
$66.60
+1.0%
$63.00
-5.4%
+50.7%$229.80B$69.07B13.19211,304Trending News
Dividend Increase
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.9121 of 5 stars
$144.53
+0.6%
$177.50
+22.8%
+17.8%$203.11B$64.40B15.2694,838Positive News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.2338 of 5 stars
$14.85
+1.5%
N/A+40.2%$179.15B$6.72T13.75150,800
C
Citigroup
4.8903 of 5 stars
$96.18
+2.4%
$99.68
+3.6%
+51.2%$177.05B$83.31B14.21239,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
SAN
Banco Santander
4.0751 of 5 stars
$10.06
+3.1%
N/A+97.5%$149.67B$63.56B11.17199,958Dividend Announcement
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.3636 of 5 stars
$78.83
+0.7%
$93.00
+18.0%
+40.5%$134.08B$60.13B9.21102,190Positive News
UBS
UBS Group
4.1527 of 5 stars
$40.42
+1.7%
N/A+24.3%$129.59B$45.61B21.38108,648Trending News
Gap Down
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.6938 of 5 stars
$31.17
+0.3%
N/A+7.4%$111.34B$2.10T19.24182,665Stock Split
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
2.2083 of 5 stars
$18.35
+1.7%
N/A+81.5%$107.11B$39.82B9.66125,916

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This page (NYSE:HDB) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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