BOCH vs. TBCG, BGEO, CBG, VMUK, WTAN, RAT, FEV, MYI, PNL, and TCAP
Should you be buying Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public include TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Murray International (MYI), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), and TP ICAP Group (TCAP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (LON:BOCH) and TBC Bank Group (LON:TBCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, TBC Bank Group had 2 more articles in the media than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TBC Bank Group and 1 mentions for Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat TBC Bank Group's score of -0.15 indicating that Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TBC Bank Group received 177 more outperform votes than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.07% of users gave Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public an outperform vote while only 73.08% of users gave TBC Bank Group an outperform vote.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. TBC Bank Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays out 52,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TBC Bank Group pays out 3,541.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TBC Bank Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TBC Bank Group has a net margin of 51.20% compared to Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's net margin of 47.91%. TBC Bank Group's return on equity of 25.95% beat Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's return on equity.
39.1% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of TBC Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.5% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of TBC Bank Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TBC Bank Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. TBC Bank Group 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.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TBC Bank Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TBC Bank Group beats Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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