BAC vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, TD, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying Bank of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of America include HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Bank of America vs.
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Bank of America currently has a consensus target price of $47.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.18%. Given Bank of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bank of America is more favorable than HSBC.
70.7% of Bank of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bank of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bank of America has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of America had 71 more articles in the media than HSBC. MarketBeat recorded 100 mentions for Bank of America and 29 mentions for HSBC. Bank of America's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat HSBC's score of 0.70 indicating that Bank of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Bank of America's net margin of 14.10%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Bank of America's return on equity.
Bank of America has higher revenue and earnings than HSBC. HSBC 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.
Bank of America received 1177 more outperform votes than HSBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave Bank of America an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
Bank of America pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bank of America pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 36.3% 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.
Summary
Bank of America beats HSBC on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BAC) was last updated on 5/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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