AIBG vs. NWG, LLOY, SMT, AV, LGEN, ADM, PSH, SDR, FCIT, and PHNX
Should you be buying AIB Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AIB Group include NatWest Group (NWG), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), Aviva (AV), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Admiral Group (ADM), Pershing Square (PSH), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), and Phoenix Group (PHNX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
NatWest Group (LON:NWG) and AIB Group (LON:AIBG) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
NatWest Group has higher revenue and earnings than AIB Group. AIB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NatWest Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. AIB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. NatWest Group pays out 3,617.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, NatWest Group had 1 more articles in the media than AIB Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for NatWest Group and 1 mentions for AIB Group. AIB Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat NatWest Group's score of 0.10 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
38.6% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of AIB Group shares are held by institutional investors. 28.2% of NatWest Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of AIB Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AIB Group has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AIB Group has a net margin of 45.56% compared to AIB Group's net margin of 31.09%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 15.06% beat AIB Group's return on equity.
NatWest Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 309.38, suggesting a potential downside of 4.40%. Given AIB Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NatWest Group is more favorable than AIB Group.
NatWest Group received 66 more outperform votes than AIB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave AIB Group an outperform vote while only 71.01% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
Summary
AIB Group beats NatWest Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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