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HSBC vs. BAC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, SAN, TD, IBN, UBS, and SMFG

Should you be buying HSBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HSBC include Bank of America (BAC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

HSBC vs. Its Competitors

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

Bank of America presently has a consensus target price of $50.03, indicating a potential upside of 5.07%. HSBC has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.65%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HSBC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of America
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Bank of America had 110 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 144 mentions for Bank of America and 34 mentions for HSBC. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat HSBC's score of 0.10 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
75 Very Positive mention(s)
32 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HSBC
8 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than HSBC. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$192.43B1.86$27.13B$3.4213.92
HSBC$141.75B1.56$23.98B$5.4511.64

Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Bank of America pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 36.3% 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 raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Bank of America has a net margin of 14.81% compared to HSBC's net margin of 14.55%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.55% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America14.81% 10.25% 0.84%
HSBC 14.55%12.55%0.81%

Summary

Bank of America beats HSBC on 16 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 HSBC 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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HSBC vs. The Competition

MetricHSBCBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$221.34B$66.60B$12.10B$20.80B
Dividend Yield3.15%3.70%5.56%3.65%
P/E Ratio11.638.8819.2027.64
Price / Sales1.564.3626.4858.58
Price / Cash8.009.2618.5517.94
Price / Book1.181.322.324.67
Net Income$23.98B$6.72B$997.29M$994.51M
7 Day Performance1.41%-0.26%0.66%0.15%
1 Month Performance8.56%3.46%5.01%7.13%
1 Year Performance47.95%38.72%542.39%11.73%

HSBC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSBC
HSBC
2.4777 of 5 stars
$63.87
+1.7%
$63.00
-1.4%
+46.6%$222.94B$141.75B11.72211,304
BAC
Bank of America
4.8855 of 5 stars
$47.04
+0.7%
$48.89
+3.9%
+10.3%$354.29B$192.43B14.00213,000Trending News
Earnings Report
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.467 of 5 stars
$75.26
-1.0%
N/A+26.6%$190.58B$2.87T22.81213,527Trending News
Gap Up
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.7824 of 5 stars
$131.87
+0.1%
$193.00
+46.4%
+19.5%$186.02B$98.71B14.6594,838
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
4.3097 of 5 stars
$13.64
-0.4%
N/A+18.2%$164.54B$89.51B12.99140,000Positive News
C
Citigroup
4.9592 of 5 stars
$87.50
+0.9%
$87.89
+0.5%
+43.4%$163.42B$170.76B13.82239,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
SAN
Banco Santander
3.7502 of 5 stars
$8.50
+0.8%
N/A+75.4%$128.72B$66.96B9.76199,958High Trading Volume
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.2352 of 5 stars
$74.04
+0.6%
$93.00
+25.6%
+27.0%$127.37B$88.27B10.86102,190Positive News
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.2388 of 5 stars
$33.21
-0.2%
N/A+13.2%$118.49B$22.68B21.29187,765Upcoming Earnings
Stock Split
Gap Up
UBS
UBS Group
3.7804 of 5 stars
$35.66
-0.1%
N/A+18.5%$114.34B$84.56B23.62108,648Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.0941 of 5 stars
$14.86
-0.3%
N/A+4.3%$95.91B$5.07T16.32123,000

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This page (NYSE:HSBC) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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