HKD vs. BBAR, LC, BITF, CASH, CCB, LOB, CLBK, MBIN, CNOB, and QCRH
Should you be buying AMTD Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMTD Digital include BBVA Banco Frances (BBAR), LendingClub (LC), Bitfarms (BITF), Pathward Financial (CASH), Coastal Financial (CCB), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), ConnectOne Bancorp (CNOB), and QCR (QCRH). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
AMTD Digital vs. Its Competitors
BBVA Banco Frances (NYSE:BBAR) and AMTD Digital (NYSE:HKD) are both banking companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
BBVA Banco Frances has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMTD Digital has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BBVA Banco Frances had 4 more articles in the media than AMTD Digital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BBVA Banco Frances and 1 mentions for AMTD Digital. AMTD Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat BBVA Banco Frances' score of -0.28 indicating that AMTD Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BBVA Banco Frances has a net margin of 6.65% compared to AMTD Digital's net margin of 0.00%. BBVA Banco Frances' return on equity of 10.24% beat AMTD Digital's return on equity.
5.8% of AMTD Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BBVA Banco Frances presently has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 105.66%. Given BBVA Banco Frances' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BBVA Banco Frances is more favorable than AMTD Digital.
BBVA Banco Frances has higher revenue and earnings than AMTD Digital.
Summary
BBVA Banco Frances beats AMTD Digital on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HKD) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff