MTRO vs. ARBB, STB, BIRG, CBG, EQLS, ADIG, ASLI, JMI, IPF, and IBT
Should you be buying Metro Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metro Bank include Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Equals Group (EQLS), abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JMI), International Personal Finance (IPF), and International Biotechnology (IBT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) and Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Arbuthnot Banking Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Metro Bank. Metro Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbuthnot Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Metro Bank had 13 more articles in the media than Arbuthnot Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Metro Bank and 0 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Metro Bank's score of 0.33 indicating that Arbuthnot Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Metro Bank has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 19.85% compared to Metro Bank's net margin of 4.79%. Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity of 15.24% beat Metro Bank's return on equity.
Metro Bank received 73 more outperform votes than Arbuthnot Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.63% of users gave Arbuthnot Banking Group an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Metro Bank an outperform vote.
33.3% of Metro Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Metro Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.4% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Arbuthnot Banking Group beats Metro Bank on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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