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.
AIB Group (LON:AIBG) and NatWest Group (LON:NWG) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
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.
AIB Group has a net margin of 45.56% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 31.09%. AIB Group's return on equity of 15.06% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.
AIB Group has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
40.6% of AIB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.6% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.5% of AIB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.2% of NatWest Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AIB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
NatWest Group has a consensus price target of GBX 309.38, suggesting a potential downside of 5.13%. Given NatWest Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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.
In the previous week, AIB Group and AIB Group both had 1 articles in the media. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat AIB Group's score of 0.00 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
AIB Group beats NatWest Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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