NU (NU) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSBC or NU?

HSBC received 932 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave NU an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 971 58.21%	Underperform Votes 697 41.79%
NU	Outperform Votes 39 55.71%	Underperform Votes 31 44.29%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in HSBC or NU?

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NU shares are owned by 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, HSBC or NU?

HSBC has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Does the media prefer HSBC or NU?

In the previous week, HSBC had 13 more articles in the media than NU. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for HSBC and 16 mentions for NU. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat NU's score of 0.52 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NU	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend HSBC or NU?

HSBC currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.71%. NU has a consensus price target of $15.13, indicating a potential upside of 26.37%. 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
NU	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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 13.9%. 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.

Which has stronger 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	3.08	$23.53B	$5.45	10.94
NU	$8.54B	6.76	$1.03B	$0.43	27.85

Summary

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