ITUB vs. HSBC, RY, MUFG, C, HDB, SAN, TD, UBS, BBVA, and SMFG
Should you be buying Itau Unibanco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itau Unibanco 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.
Itau Unibanco vs. Its Competitors
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Itau Unibanco (NYSE:ITUB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
HSBC presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.90%. Itau Unibanco has a consensus target price of $6.27, suggesting a potential downside of 9.55%. Given Itau Unibanco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Itau Unibanco is more favorable than HSBC.
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.
Itau Unibanco has a net margin of 14.05% compared to HSBC's net margin of 13.48%. Itau Unibanco's return on equity of 19.48% beat HSBC's return on equity.
HSBC has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itau Unibanco has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Itau Unibanco shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, HSBC had 20 more articles in the media than Itau Unibanco. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for HSBC and 4 mentions for Itau Unibanco. Itau Unibanco's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat HSBC's score of 0.54 indicating that Itau Unibanco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Itau Unibanco pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. HSBC pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Itau Unibanco pays out 4.2% 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.
Summary
HSBC and Itau Unibanco tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ITUB) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
