Financial Review: Standard Chartered (SCBFF) and Its Rivals

Standard Chartered (OTC:SCBFF) is one of 182 publicly-traded companies in the “National commercial banks” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Standard Chartered to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Standard Chartered and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Standard Chartered	0	0	0	1	4.00
Standard Chartered Competitors	1588	8890	7387	306	2.35

As a group, “National commercial banks” companies have a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Standard Chartered’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Chartered has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Standard Chartered and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standard Chartered	10.92%	9.49%	0.58%
Standard Chartered Competitors	15.01%	9.56%	0.97%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.5% of shares of all “National commercial banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of shares of all “National commercial banks” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Standard Chartered pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “National commercial banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.5% and pay out 32.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Standard Chartered and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Standard Chartered	$37.48 billion	$3.47 billion	11.02
Standard Chartered Competitors	$79.91 billion	$1.81 billion	13.04

Standard Chartered’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Standard Chartered. Standard Chartered is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Standard Chartered has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Chartered’s competitors have a beta of 0.79, meaning that their average share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Standard Chartered competitors beat Standard Chartered on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. The company operates in three segments: Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking; Consumer, Private & Business Banking; and Ventures. It offers retail products, such as deposits, mortgages, credit cards, and personal loans; wealth management products and services that include investments, portfolio management, insurance, and wealth advice; and transaction banking services, such as cash management, working capital, and trade financing products. The company provides financial markets products and services that comprise project and export financing; debt capital markets and leveraged financing; financing and securities services; sales and structuring; macro, commodities, and credit trading; and market research services. In addition, it offers digital banking solutions. It serves financial institutions, governments, banks, investors, corporations, small to medium-sized businesses, and individuals. Standard Chartered PLC was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.