TBCG vs. BOCH, BGEO, NBS, VMUK, CBG, CLDN, WWH, BPT, MRC, and HVPE
Should you be buying TBC Bank Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TBC Bank Group include Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Mercantile (MRC), and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
TBC Bank Group (LON:TBCG) and Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (LON:BOCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
TBC Bank Group has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TBC Bank Group had 3 more articles in the media than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TBC Bank Group and 0 mentions for Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. TBC Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's score of 0.00 indicating that TBC Bank Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
TBC Bank Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. TBC Bank Group pays out 3,686.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
44.7% of TBC Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of TBC Bank Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are owned 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.
Summary
TBC Bank Group beats Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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