ING Groep (ING) Competitors

HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and ING Groep (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 valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, HSBC or ING?

HSBC has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ING Groep has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HSBC or ING?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HSBC	$68.12B	3.08	$23.53B	$5.45	10.90
ING Groep	$22.58B	3.32	$6.92B	$2.11	10.15

Is HSBC or ING more profitable?

ING Groep has a net margin of 28.30% compared to HSBC's net margin of 16.17%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat ING Groep's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%
ING Groep	28.30%	11.81%	0.61%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HSBC or ING?

1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of ING Groep shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HSBC or ING a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ING Groep pays out 64.5% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HSBC or ING?

HSBC received 461 more outperform votes than ING Groep when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 54.77% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 966 58.23%	Underperform Votes 693 41.77%
ING Groep	Outperform Votes 505 54.77%	Underperform Votes 417 45.23%

Does the media favor HSBC or ING?

In the previous week, HSBC had 11 more articles in the media than ING Groep. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for HSBC and 14 mentions for ING Groep. ING Groep's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat HSBC's score of 0.60 indicating that ING Groep is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	14 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ING Groep	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer HSBC or ING?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
ING Groep	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

HSBC beats ING Groep on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.