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ING vs. HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, SAN, UBS, TD, IBN, BBVA, and SMFG

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

ING Group vs. Its Competitors

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

HSBC has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ING Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HSBC$69.07B3.45$23.98B$5.0513.59
ING Group$22.57B3.54$5.77B$2.1711.69

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. ING Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. HSBC pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ING Group pays out 31.3% 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.

In the previous week, HSBC had 16 more articles in the media than ING Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for HSBC and 11 mentions for ING Group. ING Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat HSBC's score of 0.81 indicating that ING Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
13 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ING Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HSBC presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.22%. Given HSBC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than ING Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
ING Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

ING Group has a net margin of 27.28% compared to HSBC's net margin of 13.48%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.73% beat ING Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HSBC13.48% 12.73% 0.81%
ING Group 27.28%11.62%0.58%

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of ING Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

HSBC beats ING Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ING vs. The Competition

MetricING GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$79.06B$71.91B$12.77B$21.58B
Dividend Yield2.78%3.53%5.40%3.49%
P/E Ratio11.6920.00245.8629.75
Price / Sales3.544.4131.0886.27
Price / Cash10.349.8122.3625.00
Price / Book1.371.392.314.58
Net Income$5.77B$6.73B$1.01B$999.94M
7 Day Performance5.26%0.74%1.00%0.68%
1 Month Performance1.62%-0.04%2.74%4.02%
1 Year Performance39.09%40.67%543.82%16.39%

ING Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ING
ING Group
4.0158 of 5 stars
$25.37
+1.0%
N/A+39.1%$79.06B$22.57B11.6960,000News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
HSBC
HSBC
1.9417 of 5 stars
$66.04
+0.6%
$63.00
-4.6%
+57.3%$229.18B$141.75B13.08211,304Trending News
Dividend Increase
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.8981 of 5 stars
$144.68
+0.1%
$177.50
+22.7%
+16.7%$203.31B$98.71B15.2894,838Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.1869 of 5 stars
$15.58
+2.0%
N/A+50.2%$187.95B$89.51B14.42150,800Positive News
C
Citigroup
4.9568 of 5 stars
$95.88
+0.5%
$96.96
+1.1%
+72.5%$176.50B$170.76B14.16239,000Trending News
SAN
Banco Santander
3.2094 of 5 stars
$9.78
+2.6%
N/A+105.7%$145.50B$66.96B10.86199,958News Coverage
UBS
UBS Group
3.4354 of 5 stars
$40.55
+0.5%
N/A+37.6%$130.00B$84.56B21.45108,648Trending News
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.3657 of 5 stars
$74.73
+0.4%
$93.00
+24.4%
+23.5%$127.65B$88.27B8.73102,190
IBN
ICICI Bank
N/A$31.83
+0.5%
N/A+8.2%$113.62B$22.68B19.65182,665Stock Split
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
3.1097 of 5 stars
$18.51
+1.1%
N/A+85.3%$108.03B$38.40B9.74125,916News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.1944 of 5 stars
$16.67
+1.4%
N/A+30.1%$107.20B$66.82B17.55123,000Positive News

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