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ITUB vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, C, MUFG, SAN, TD, UBS, IBN, and BBVA

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

Itau Unibanco vs. Its Competitors

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

HSBC has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Itau Unibanco's net margin of 11.85%. Itau Unibanco's return on equity of 19.35% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Itau Unibanco11.85% 19.35% 1.47%
HSBC 13.48%12.73%0.81%

In the previous week, HSBC had 23 more articles in the media than Itau Unibanco. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for HSBC and 7 mentions for Itau Unibanco. Itau Unibanco's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat HSBC's score of 0.51 indicating that Itau Unibanco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Itau Unibanco
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HSBC
12 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Itau Unibanco. Itau Unibanco 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
Itau Unibanco$62.19B1.16$7.62B$0.719.39
HSBC$141.75B1.54$23.98B$5.0512.41

1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Itau Unibanco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Itau Unibanco pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Itau Unibanco pays out 4.2% 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.

Itau Unibanco currently has a consensus target price of $6.27, suggesting a potential downside of 5.89%. HSBC has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.55%. Given HSBC's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Itau Unibanco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Itau Unibanco
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Itau Unibanco has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HSBC beats Itau Unibanco on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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ITUB vs. The Competition

MetricItau UnibancoBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$71.86B$66.93B$12.15B$20.65B
Dividend Yield0.49%3.69%5.65%3.67%
P/E Ratio9.428.8219.8929.28
Price / Sales1.164.5325.8662.24
Price / Cash7.879.4221.3123.31
Price / Book1.751.352.134.42
Net Income$7.62B$6.72B$1.00B$995.90M
7 Day Performance5.96%1.56%0.00%-0.17%
1 Month Performance-4.16%2.13%-0.21%-0.69%
1 Year Performance23.43%52.19%544.32%15.60%

Itau Unibanco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITUB
Itau Unibanco
2.9616 of 5 stars
$6.67
+2.9%
$6.27
-5.9%
+24.5%$71.86B$62.19B9.4296,219News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
HSBC
HSBC
1.6475 of 5 stars
$61.82
+0.7%
$63.00
+1.9%
+53.3%$215.83B$69.07B12.24211,304Earnings Report
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.1547 of 5 stars
$76.46
-0.7%
N/A+30.5%$193.61B$55.70B23.45214,521Positive News
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.6675 of 5 stars
$129.94
+1.0%
$193.00
+48.5%
+23.7%$182.66B$62.13B14.4494,838
C
Citigroup
4.9263 of 5 stars
$92.03
+0.2%
$96.54
+4.9%
+62.7%$171.89B$83.11B13.59239,000Trending News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
4.1879 of 5 stars
$13.79
-1.0%
N/A+47.2%$166.35B$89.51B13.13150,800Positive News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
SAN
Banco Santander
3.1397 of 5 stars
$8.67
+3.2%
N/A+98.6%$128.98B$63.56B9.63199,958Earnings Report
Gap Up
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
3.9844 of 5 stars
$73.48
+1.3%
$93.00
+26.6%
+30.7%$126.03B$58.76B10.77102,190Positive News
Short Interest ↑
UBS
UBS Group
3.4569 of 5 stars
$37.34
+1.8%
N/A+34.2%$119.72B$45.54B19.75108,648Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.0744 of 5 stars
$33.20
-1.3%
N/A+18.1%$118.46B$2.10T20.50187,765Stock Split
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
3.0375 of 5 stars
$17.07
+2.4%
N/A+80.3%$99.62B$39.82B8.98125,916Earnings Report

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This page (NYSE:ITUB) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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