VMUK vs. BOCH, TBCG, NBS, CBG, AIBG, ABDN, RCP, JGGI, DLG, and STJ
Should you be buying Virgin Money UK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virgin Money UK include Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Close Brothers Group (CBG), AIB Group (AIBG), abrdn (ABDN), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), and St. James's Place (STJ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) and Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (LON:BOCH) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a net margin of 49.22% compared to Virgin Money UK's net margin of 12.65%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's return on equity of 22.12% beat Virgin Money UK's return on equity.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public received 9 more outperform votes than Virgin Money UK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.07% of users gave Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Virgin Money UK an outperform vote.
Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Virgin Money UK pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. 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. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays out 19,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
51.8% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are held by institutional investors. 18.4% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Virgin Money UK. Virgin Money UK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Virgin Money UK presently has a consensus target price of GBX 191.67, suggesting a potential downside of 9.93%. Given Virgin Money UK's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Virgin Money UK is more favorable than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public.
In the previous week, Virgin Money UK's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public beats Virgin Money UK on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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