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Banco Santander (SAN) Competitors

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SAN vs. BAC, HSBC, HDB, RY, C, MUFG, TD, IBN, 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), Citigroup (C), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Banco Santander vs. Its Competitors

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

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$192.43B1.84$27.13B$3.3613.97
Banco Santander$66.96B1.93$13.61B$0.879.79

In the previous week, Bank of America had 114 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 120 mentions for Bank of America and 6 mentions for Banco Santander. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.83 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
61 Very Positive mention(s)
28 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Banco Santander
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bank of America has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of America currently has a consensus price target of $48.89, suggesting a potential upside of 4.11%. 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
Bank of America
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

Banco Santander has a net margin of 16.92% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.56%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.26% beat Bank of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of America14.56% 10.25% 0.84%
Banco Santander 16.92%12.26%0.72%

Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 20.7% 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 increased 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 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SAN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SAN vs. The Competition

MetricBanco SantanderBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$129.02B$66.07B$12.00B$20.66B
Dividend Yield2.15%3.70%5.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio9.798.8819.2627.83
Price / Sales1.934.2926.0354.91
Price / Cash7.779.3118.5317.94
Price / Book1.161.342.294.60
Net Income$13.61B$6.73B$991.94M$989.58M
7 Day Performance-0.29%0.47%0.71%1.02%
1 Month Performance6.89%3.27%4.23%5.31%
1 Year Performance75.21%39.52%540.62%10.51%

Banco Santander Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAN
Banco Santander
3.6311 of 5 stars
$8.52
+1.0%
N/A+73.7%$129.02B$66.96B9.79199,958High Trading Volume
BAC
Bank of America
4.8637 of 5 stars
$48.65
-0.6%
$48.28
-0.8%
+12.3%$366.43B$192.43B14.48213,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
HSBC
HSBC
2.4564 of 5 stars
$60.87
+0.3%
$63.00
+3.5%
+40.9%$214.02B$141.75B11.17211,304
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.4269 of 5 stars
$75.54
-1.3%
N/A+25.7%$191.29B$55.70B22.89213,527Upcoming Earnings
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.845 of 5 stars
$131.83
-0.6%
$193.00
+46.4%
+18.5%$185.96B$98.71B14.6594,838
C
Citigroup
4.9375 of 5 stars
$87.56
-1.3%
$85.43
-2.4%
+34.4%$163.54B$81.68B13.83239,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
4.0473 of 5 stars
$13.50
-3.3%
N/A+23.5%$162.91B$89.51B12.86140,000Gap Down
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.2181 of 5 stars
$74.13
-1.2%
$93.00
+25.5%
+29.6%$127.54B$58.76B10.87102,190Positive News
High Trading Volume
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.2696 of 5 stars
$33.47
-0.9%
N/A+14.1%$119.39B$22.68B21.46187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
3.6266 of 5 stars
$34.15
-2.1%
N/A+14.3%$109.50B$44.79B22.62108,648Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.1227 of 5 stars
$14.84
-2.9%
N/A+8.8%$95.81B$66.82B16.31120,000

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This page (NYSE:SAN) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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