ING Group (ING) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HSBC or ING?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HSBC	$141.75B	1.54	$23.98B	$5.45	11.47
ING Group	$24.47B	3.23	$5.77B	$2.11	10.71

Which has more volatility & risk, HSBC or ING?

HSBC has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ING Group has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HSBC or ING?

HSBC presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.75%. Given HSBC's higher possible 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
ING Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HSBC or ING?

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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HSBC or ING more profitable?

ING Group has a net margin of 27.70% compared to HSBC's net margin of 14.55%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.55% beat ING Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	14.55%	12.55%	0.81%
ING Group	27.70%	11.68%	0.60%

Does the media favor HSBC or ING?

In the previous week, HSBC had 36 more articles in the media than ING Group. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for HSBC and 9 mentions for ING Group. ING Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat HSBC's score of 0.40 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	15 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ING Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HSBC or ING a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. ING Group pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ING Group 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.

Summary

HSBC beats ING Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.