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Banco Santander (SAN) Competitors

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$6.96 -0.05 (-0.64%)
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SAN vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, TD, UBS, and SMFG

Should you be buying Banco Santander stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander include Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Banco Santander vs.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Bank of America presently has a consensus price target of $47.25, indicating a potential upside of 17.58%. Given Bank of America's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Banco Santander has a net margin of 15.88% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.10%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 11.90% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America14.10% 10.29% 0.84%
Banco Santander 15.88%11.90%0.69%

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 19.3% 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. Bank of America has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Bank of America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Bank of America has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than Banco Santander. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of America$103.44B2.95$27.13B$3.3611.96
Banco Santander$63.84B1.65$13.61B$0.838.38

In the previous week, Bank of America had 57 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 81 mentions for Bank of America and 24 mentions for Banco Santander. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.60 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of America
38 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banco Santander
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank of America received 1556 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.82% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of AmericaOutperform Votes
2134
64.82%
Underperform Votes
1158
35.18%
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
578
49.91%
Underperform Votes
580
50.09%

70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bank of America beats Banco Santander on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SAN vs. The Competition

MetricBanco SantanderCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$105.39B$37.94B$11.10B$18.96B
Dividend Yield2.15%4.03%5.77%4.01%
P/E Ratio8.389.1522.1032.87
Price / Sales1.651.6326.3228.03
Price / Cash5.569.6317.6017.52
Price / Book0.911.342.674.47
Net Income$13.61B$3.43B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.07%0.19%0.72%0.59%
1 Month Performance1.38%2.80%-0.58%-3.54%
1 Year Performance42.96%30.89%537.58%3.80%

Banco Santander Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAN
Banco Santander
4.0169 of 5 stars
$6.96
-0.6%
N/A+45.0%$105.39B$63.84B8.38206,500Earnings Report
BAC
Bank of America
4.9404 of 5 stars
$39.78
+0.2%
$47.25
+18.8%
+8.8%$302.44B$103.44B12.35217,000
HSBC
HSBC
2.0023 of 5 stars
$56.34
+0.6%
N/A+26.4%$200.63B$67.40B9.09219,000Earnings Report
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.1133 of 5 stars
$71.86
-0.4%
N/A+24.5%$181.97B$2.87T21.84141,600Gap Up
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.6314 of 5 stars
$118.57
+0.7%
$156.50
+32.0%
+23.2%$167.38B$60.46B14.3591,400Analyst Downgrade
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
2.8435 of 5 stars
$12.60
+2.7%
N/A+24.9%$152.05B$6.78T11.56135,000Analyst Downgrade
C
Citigroup
4.9915 of 5 stars
$68.25
-0.3%
$84.04
+23.1%
+11.1%$128.46B$81.60B11.47240,000
IBN
ICICI Bank
0.855 of 5 stars
$33.52
+1.0%
N/A+21.8%$119.36B$2.06T22.20105,800Stock Split
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.6518 of 5 stars
$62.71
+0.9%
$80.50
+28.4%
+7.6%$108.86B$57.52B18.0793,700Short Interest ↑
Positive News
UBS
UBS Group
3.4319 of 5 stars
$30.30
+0.9%
N/A+15.2%$97.15B$45.35B19.9372,600Earnings Report
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
2.4989 of 5 stars
$14.13
+1.7%
N/A+22.5%$91.48B$5.12T13.72101,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SAN) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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