NU (NU) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HSBC or NU?

1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of NU shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NU shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate HSBC or NU?

NU has a consensus target price of $15.13, indicating a potential upside of 18.79%. Given NU's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NU is more favorable than HSBC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
NU	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings & valuation, HSBC or NU?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than NU. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, 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	$68.12B	3.11	$23.53B	$5.45	11.00
NU	$8.54B	7.19	$1.03B	$0.43	29.63

Which has more risk and volatility, HSBC or NU?

HSBC has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSBC or NU?

HSBC received 927 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave NU an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 966 58.23%	Underperform Votes 693 41.77%
NU	Outperform Votes 39 55.71%	Underperform Votes 31 44.29%

Is HSBC or NU more profitable?

NU has a net margin of 17.12% compared to HSBC's net margin of 16.17%. NU's return on equity of 30.99% beat HSBC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%
NU	17.12%	30.99%	4.82%

Is HSBC or NU a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NU pays an annual dividend of $1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NU pays out 388.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor HSBC or NU?

In the previous week, NU had 37 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for NU and 27 mentions for HSBC. NU's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat HSBC's score of 0.50 indicating that NU is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NU	38 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NU beats HSBC on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.