Banco Santander SA vs Sibanye Stillwater Ltd — how do they compare? Banco Santander SA trades at $13.74 (market cap $191.46B), while Sibanye Stillwater Ltd trades at $8.59 (market cap $5.66B). The key difference: Banco Santander SA is far larger — about 33.8× Sibanye Stillwater Ltd's market cap, and Sibanye Stillwater Ltd pays the higher dividend (3.89%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SAN | SBSW | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $191.46B | $5.66B |
Sector | Financials | Basic Materials |
52-Week High | $14.37 | $21.12 |
52-Week Low | $8.40 | $7.27 |
Dividend Yield | 2.09% | 3.89% |
Enterprise Value | — | $7.28B |
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Santander's focus is on retail and commercial banking. Latin America is geographically the largest operation, with Brazil by far the largest. Its continental European business is still mainly Iberian. Santander's U.K. presence is the result of the acquisition of building society Abbey. In the U.S., Santander operates a vehicle finance business and a regional bank focused on the Northeastern states.
Read more on SAN →Sibanye Stillwater Ltd is a South Africa-focused mining company. The Group currently owns and operates five underground and surface gold operations in South Africa: the Cooke, DRDGOLD, Driefontein, and Kloof operations in the West Witwatersrand region, and the Beatrix Operation in the southern Free State province. In addition to mining, the company owns and manages extraction and processing facilities at its operations, where gold-bearing ore is treated and beneficiated to produce gold dore. The gold dore is further refined at Rand Refinery into gold bars with a purity of at least 99.5% and is then sold on international markets. Sibanye holds a 44% interest in Rand Refinery, global refiners of gold, and the largest in Africa. Rand Refinery markets gold to customers around the world.
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