Banco Santander SA vs T Rowe Price Group Inc — how do they compare? Banco Santander SA trades at $13.74 (market cap $191.46B), while T Rowe Price Group Inc trades at $115.59 (market cap $25.14B). The key difference: Banco Santander SA is far larger — about 7.6× T Rowe Price Group Inc's market cap, and T Rowe Price Group Inc pays the higher dividend (4.43%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SAN | TROW | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $191.46B | $25.14B |
Sector | Financials | Financials |
52-Week High | $14.37 | $120.16 |
52-Week Low | $8.40 | $86.19 |
Dividend Yield | 2.09% | 4.43% |
Enterprise Value | — | $21.85B |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 →T. Rowe Price provides asset-management services for individual and institutional investors. It offers a broad range of no-load U.S. and international stock, hybrid, bond, and money market funds. At the end of August 2022, the firm had $1.339 trillion in managed assets, composed of equity (54%), balanced (30%), fixed-income (13%), and alternatives (3%) offerings. Approximately two thirds of the company's managed assets are held in retirement-based accounts, which provides T. Rowe Price with a somewhat stickier client base than most of its peers. The firm also manages private accounts, provides retirement planning advice, and offers discount brokerage and trust services. The company is primarily a U.S.-based asset manager, deriving just under 10% of its AUM from overseas.
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