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ING vs. HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, HDB, SAN, TD, UBS, 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), HDFC Bank (HDB), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), 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

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

HSBC has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.88%. Given HSBC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than ING Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ING Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

ING Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ING Group pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. ING Group pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 39.2% 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. ING Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, HSBC had 29 more articles in the media than ING Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for HSBC and 4 mentions for ING Group. ING Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat HSBC's score of 0.50 indicating that ING Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ING Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HSBC
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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
ING Group27.28% 11.62% 0.58%
HSBC 13.48%12.73%0.81%

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
ING Group$24.47B3.14$5.77B$2.1711.25
HSBC$141.75B1.75$23.98B$5.0514.16

Summary

ING Group and HSBC tied by winning 9 of the 18 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 ING 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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ING vs. The Competition

MetricING GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$77.05B$68.34B$12.69B$22.02B
Dividend Yield2.81%3.62%5.54%3.59%
P/E Ratio11.2520.0430.1629.86
Price / Sales3.144.3530.1165.96
Price / Cash10.089.6722.5724.43
Price / Book1.321.392.294.64
Net Income$5.77B$6.73B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-5.26%0.00%0.36%0.44%
1 Month Performance1.16%0.19%0.36%3.13%
1 Year Performance42.72%38.45%539.81%15.30%

ING Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ING
ING Group
2.8214 of 5 stars
$24.42
-0.2%
N/A+38.4%$77.05B$24.47B11.2560,000Analyst Downgrade
HSBC
HSBC
2.4658 of 5 stars
$70.41
+0.8%
$63.00
-10.5%
+62.8%$242.31B$141.75B9.90211,304Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.931 of 5 stars
$146.97
+0.6%
$177.50
+20.8%
+19.1%$205.33B$98.71B14.9294,838Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.2286 of 5 stars
$15.87
-1.0%
N/A+49.7%$193.57B$89.51B14.07150,800Analyst Forecast
C
Citigroup
4.923 of 5 stars
$103.11
-0.3%
$99.68
-3.3%
+52.9%$190.39B$170.76B15.28239,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.8901 of 5 stars
$34.15
flat
N/A+14.5%$174.22B$55.70B20.95214,521Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SAN
Banco Santander
3.9676 of 5 stars
$10.29
-0.9%
N/A+101.6%$154.51B$66.96B11.93199,958Analyst Forecast
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.4756 of 5 stars
$79.80
+0.7%
$93.00
+16.5%
+27.0%$134.79B$88.27B13.32102,190Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
UBS
UBS Group
4.0501 of 5 stars
$41.32
+1.3%
N/A+30.3%$130.73B$84.56B21.57108,648Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
2.5116 of 5 stars
$19.02
-1.2%
N/A+79.5%$112.38B$38.40B10.08125,916Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.3586 of 5 stars
$16.85
-1.1%
N/A+28.7%$109.55B$66.82B17.75123,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:ING) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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