HSBC vs. TFSL, AX, EBC, BKU, CLBK, PFS, BRKL, CFFN, HTBI, and NFBK
Should you be buying HSBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HSBC include TFS Financial (TFSL), Axos Financial (AX), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), BankUnited (BKU), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), HomeTrust Bancshares (HTBI), and Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK). These companies are all part of the "federal savings institutions" industry.
HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than TFS Financial. HSBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. HSBC pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TFS Financial pays out 418.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
TFS Financial has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. Given TFS Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TFS Financial is more favorable than HSBC.
In the previous week, HSBC had 3 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for HSBC and 8 mentions for TFS Financial. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat TFS Financial's score of 0.62 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HSBC has a net margin of 16.13% compared to TFS Financial's net margin of 11.08%. HSBC's return on equity of 10.80% beat TFS Financial's return on equity.
1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of TFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of TFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HSBC has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TFS Financial has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC received 550 more outperform votes than TFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.49% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.
Summary
HSBC beats TFS Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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