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HDFC Bank (HDB) Competitors

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$76.00 -0.68 (-0.89%)
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HDB vs. BAC, HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, TD, SAN, IBN, UBS, and SMFG

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), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

HDFC Bank has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.56%. HDFC Bank's return on equity of 13.85% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America14.56% 10.25% 0.84%
HDFC Bank 15.02%13.85%1.69%

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$192.43B1.83$27.13B$3.3613.90
HDFC Bank$55.70B3.46$8.35B$3.3023.03

In the previous week, Bank of America had 97 more articles in the media than HDFC Bank. MarketBeat recorded 118 mentions for Bank of America and 21 mentions for HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Bank of America's score of 0.89 indicating that HDFC Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
61 Very Positive mention(s)
25 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HDFC Bank
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $48.89, suggesting a potential upside of 4.66%. Given Bank of America's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HDFC Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72
HDFC Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. HDFC Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HDFC Bank pays out 20.0% 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 beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HDFC Bank has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of America beats HDFC Bank on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HDB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$194.18B$67.38B$12.07B$20.79B
Dividend Yield0.86%3.67%5.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio23.038.8720.0427.89
Price / Sales3.464.3625.5142.50
Price / Cash22.019.4521.6422.63
Price / Book3.031.332.284.57
Net Income$8.35B$6.77B$992.82M$988.81M
7 Day Performance-0.21%-0.23%-0.23%0.20%
1 Month Performance0.12%1.78%2.76%3.93%
1 Year Performance25.74%39.02%536.06%10.27%

HDFC Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.4624 of 5 stars
$76.00
-0.9%
N/A+26.0%$194.18B$55.70B23.03213,527Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BAC
Bank of America
4.868 of 5 stars
$47.31
+0.4%
$47.65
+0.7%
+11.7%$356.33B$103.44B14.08213,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
HSBC
HSBC
2.4444 of 5 stars
$60.79
0.0%
$63.00
+3.6%
+42.2%$213.73B$141.75B11.15211,304Trending News
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.8484 of 5 stars
$131.66
+1.5%
$193.00
+46.6%
+19.5%$185.72B$98.71B14.6394,838Trending News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
4.0633 of 5 stars
$13.72
-1.2%
N/A+23.3%$165.57B$6.84T13.07140,000News Coverage
C
Citigroup
4.9474 of 5 stars
$85.14
+0.9%
$84.03
-1.3%
+32.1%$159.02B$170.76B13.45239,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.1255 of 5 stars
$73.49
+1.2%
$93.00
+26.5%
+30.6%$126.44B$88.27B10.78102,190Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
3.7462 of 5 stars
$8.29
+0.6%
N/A+75.5%$125.61B$66.96B9.53199,958
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.2382 of 5 stars
$33.65
-0.6%
N/A+13.6%$120.04B$22.68B21.57187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
3.6265 of 5 stars
$33.84
+1.2%
N/A+15.1%$108.51B$84.56B22.41108,648Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.2677 of 5 stars
$15.11
-0.6%
N/A+8.6%$97.82B$66.82B16.60101,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:HDB) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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