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Banco Santander (SAN) Competitors

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$7.96 +0.04 (+0.44%)
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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.

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

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
Banco Santander$63.41B1.90$13.61B$0.879.14
Bank of America$103.44B3.15$27.13B$3.3612.89

Bank of America received 1565 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.73% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
579
49.87%
Underperform Votes
582
50.13%
Bank of AmericaOutperform Votes
2144
64.73%
Underperform Votes
1168
35.27%

Banco Santander has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of America has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America has a consensus price target of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.71%. Given Bank of America's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of America is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

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
Banco Santander15.88% 11.90% 0.69%
Bank of America 14.10%10.29%0.84%

In the previous week, Bank of America had 110 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 114 mentions for Bank of America and 4 mentions for Banco Santander. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.49 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Bank of America
74 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

9.2% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by 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.

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Banco Santander pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of America pays out 31.0% 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.

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$120.39B$40.33B$11.46B$19.25B
Dividend Yield2.35%3.98%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio9.579.6822.4034.49
Price / Sales1.901.7227.3234.66
Price / Cash5.569.6317.6217.51
Price / Book1.041.412.794.67
Net Income$13.61B$3.43B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.18%1.09%-1.05%-2.14%
1 Month Performance14.71%7.74%5.36%7.04%
1 Year Performance54.62%34.75%537.58%3.72%

Banco Santander Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAN
Banco Santander
4.0244 of 5 stars
$7.96
+0.4%
N/A+51.7%$120.54B$63.41B9.58206,500
BAC
Bank of America
4.7842 of 5 stars
$44.74
+0.1%
$47.50
+6.2%
+8.9%$336.98B$103.44B13.89217,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
HSBC
HSBC
2.4989 of 5 stars
$59.60
+1.2%
N/A+33.2%$210.66B$68.12B9.61219,000Trending News
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.8241 of 5 stars
$73.71
+0.9%
N/A+29.9%$186.66B$2.87T22.40141,600Positive News
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.2171 of 5 stars
$127.07
+1.0%
$156.50
+23.2%
+18.9%$179.73B$60.46B15.3891,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.4991 of 5 stars
$13.75
+1.6%
N/A+38.4%$165.93B$6.78T12.61135,000Positive News
Earnings Report
C
Citigroup
4.9546 of 5 stars
$76.10
+0.5%
$83.97
+10.3%
+13.4%$142.13B$81.68B12.79240,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.9003 of 5 stars
$34.27
+0.8%
N/A+25.2%$122.12B$2.06T22.70105,800Stock Split
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.4743 of 5 stars
$64.75
+0.7%
$80.50
+24.3%
+13.9%$112.40B$57.52B18.6693,700Trending News
Analyst Revision
UBS
UBS Group
3.7891 of 5 stars
$33.73
+2.1%
N/A+5.2%$108.15B$44.79B22.1972,600Trending News
High Trading Volume
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.7523 of 5 stars
$14.52
+1.2%
N/A+17.9%$94.00B$5.07T14.10101,000Earnings Report
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This page (NYSE:SAN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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