HSNGY vs. KBCSY, DNBBY, NTIOF, SVKEF, BCS, PPERY, NWG, BSBR, SCGLY, and UOVEY
Should you be buying Hang Seng Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hang Seng Bank include KBC Group (KBCSY), DNB Bank ASA (DNBBY), National Bank of Canada (NTIOF), Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) (SVKEF), Barclays (BCS), PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk (PPERY), NatWest Group (NWG), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Société Générale Société anonyme (SCGLY), and United Overseas Bank (UOVEY). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hang Seng Bank vs.
KBC Group (OTCMKTS:KBCSY) and Hang Seng Bank (OTCMKTS:HSNGY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, KBC Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hang Seng Bank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for KBC Group and 1 mentions for Hang Seng Bank. KBC Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Hang Seng Bank's score of -0.19 indicating that KBC Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KBC Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hang Seng Bank.
KBC Group pays an annual dividend of $2.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Hang Seng Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%.
Hang Seng Bank received 4 more outperform votes than KBC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.22% of users gave Hang Seng Bank an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave KBC Group an outperform vote.
KBC Group presently has a consensus price target of $64.25, suggesting a potential upside of 96.18%. Given KBC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KBC Group is more favorable than Hang Seng Bank.
KBC Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hang Seng Bank has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
KBC Group beats Hang Seng Bank on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of OTCMKTS 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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