STB vs. BIRG, ARBB, CBKD, MTRO, DORE, KPC, PEEL, SSIT, LIT, and AQX
Should you be buying Secure Trust Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Secure Trust Bank include Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Metro Bank (MTRO), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE), Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust (KPC), Peel Hunt (PEEL), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), and Aquis Exchange (AQX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Secure Trust Bank (LON:STB) and Bank of Ireland Group (LON:BIRG) 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 institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Bank of Ireland Group has higher revenue and earnings than Secure Trust Bank. Bank of Ireland Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure Trust Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.6% of Secure Trust Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Secure Trust Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Secure Trust Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of Ireland Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Secure Trust Bank and 1 mentions for Bank of Ireland Group. Secure Trust Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Bank of Ireland Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Secure Trust Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Secure Trust Bank has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Ireland Group has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Secure Trust Bank pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Bank of Ireland Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 583.7%. Secure Trust Bank pays out 2,335.8% 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 Ireland Group pays out 4,316.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bank of Ireland Group has a net margin of 39.01% compared to Secure Trust Bank's net margin of 17.14%. Bank of Ireland Group's return on equity of 13.30% beat Secure Trust Bank's return on equity.
Secure Trust Bank received 221 more outperform votes than Bank of Ireland Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.22% of users gave Bank of Ireland Group an outperform vote while only 76.63% of users gave Secure Trust Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
Bank of Ireland Group beats Secure Trust Bank on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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