Itaú Unibanco (ITUB) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, ITUB or HSBC?

Itaú Unibanco has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ITUB or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Itaú Unibanco pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Itaú Unibanco pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 36.3% 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 media favor ITUB or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 13 more articles in the media than Itaú Unibanco. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for HSBC and 12 mentions for Itaú Unibanco. Itaú Unibanco's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat HSBC's score of 0.50 indicating that Itaú Unibanco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Itaú Unibanco	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Itaú Unibanco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ITUB or HSBC?

Itaú Unibanco presently has a consensus price target of $6.27, suggesting a potential downside of 5.32%. Given Itaú Unibanco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Itaú Unibanco is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Itaú Unibanco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ITUB or HSBC?

HSBC received 530 more outperform votes than Itaú Unibanco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.86% of users gave Itaú Unibanco an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Itaú Unibanco	Outperform Votes 436 65.86%	Underperform Votes 226 34.14%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 966 58.23%	Underperform Votes 693 41.77%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ITUB or HSBC?

HSBC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Itaú Unibanco. Itaú Unibanco 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
Itaú Unibanco	$158.57B	0.45	$7.62B	$0.71	9.33
HSBC	$68.12B	3.10	$23.53B	$5.45	10.95

Is ITUB or HSBC more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Itaú Unibanco's net margin of 12.25%. Itaú Unibanco's return on equity of 19.46% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Itaú Unibanco	12.25%	19.46%	1.47%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Summary

Itaú Unibanco beats HSBC on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.