AIBG vs. VMUK, NWG, LLOY, SMT, ADM, AV, PSH, ICP, SDR, and LGEN
Should you be buying AIB Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AIB Group include Virgin Money UK (VMUK), NatWest Group (NWG), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), Admiral Group (ADM), Aviva (AV), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), and Legal & General Group (LGEN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) and AIB Group (LON:AIBG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AIB Group has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virgin Money UK presently has a consensus target price of GBX 191.67, suggesting a potential downside of 10.01%. Given AIB Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Virgin Money UK is more favorable than AIB Group.
AIB Group has a net margin of 45.56% compared to AIB Group's net margin of 12.65%. Virgin Money UK's return on equity of 15.06% beat AIB Group's return on equity.
Virgin Money UK received 48 more outperform votes than AIB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave AIB Group an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Virgin Money UK an outperform vote.
Virgin Money UK pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. AIB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Virgin Money UK pays out 2,777.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AIB Group pays out 3,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
AIB Group has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Money UK. AIB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virgin Money UK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.8% of Virgin Money UK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of AIB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of Virgin Money UK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of AIB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AIB Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Virgin Money UK'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
AIB Group beats Virgin Money UK on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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