Metro Bank (MTRO) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Metro Bank Holdings PLC operates as the bank holding company for Metro Bank PLC that provides various banking products and services in the United Kingdom. It offers personal banking products and services, including current, cash, and foreign currency accounts; savings; residential and buy-to-let mortgages; overdrafts; credit cards; pet insurance; and safe deposit box services. The company also provides business banking products and services comprising business bank, commercial and community current, foreign currency, and insolvency practitioner accounts; deposit accounts, such as business and community instant access deposit, business notice, client premium and flexible client term deposit, and business and community fixed term deposit accounts; insurance products; and business and commercial loans and overdrafts, asset and invoice financing, bounce back loans, business credit cards, and recovery loan schemes services. In addition, it offers private banking products and services, such as private bank, savings, foreign currency, and money management accounts; mortgages; credit cards; and partnership loans. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.Metro Bank Holdings PLC operates as a subsidiary of Spaldy Investments Limited.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 116 to 117.80
• 50-Day Range: 107.80 to 131
• 52-Week Range: 66.10 to 138.80
• Volume: 643,042 shs
• Average Volume: 1.91 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £789.09 million
• P/E Ratio: 746.50
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: GBX 155
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Metro Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Metro Bank scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Metro Bank has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Metro Bank has a consensus price target of GBX 155, representing about 32.3% upside from its current price of GBX 117.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Metro Bank has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Metro Bank is 746.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 233.48.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Metro Bank is 746.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 1,348.00.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Metro Bank has a P/B Ratio of 0.71. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MTRO.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Metro Bank does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Metro Bank does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MTRO.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Metro Bank has a news sentiment score of -0.27. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Metro Bank this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Metro Bank insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

55.43% of the stock of Metro Bank is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 26.98% of the stock of Metro Bank is held by institutions.

MTRO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MTRO shares performed this year?

Metro Bank's stock was trading at GBX 94.20 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, MTRO shares have increased by 24.4% and is now trading at GBX 117.20.

How were Metro Bank's earnings last quarter?

Metro Bank Holdings PLC (LON:MTRO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 6th. The company reported $4.50 earnings per share for the quarter. Metro Bank had a negative net margin of 3.30% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.18%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Metro Bank?

Shares of MTRO stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Metro Bank own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Metro Bank investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Toll Brothers (TOL), Barclays (BARC), BP (BP), Capita (CPI), Intel (INTC) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2025
• Today: 10/07/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Banks - Regional
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:MTRO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.metrobankonline.co.uk
• Phone: 44 3450 808 500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,286
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Metro Bank: GBX 155
• High Price Target: GBX 155
• Low Price Target: GBX 155
• Potential Upside/Downside: +32.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 743.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 0.22
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -£24.85 million
• Net Margins: -3.30%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -2.18%
• Return on Assets: -0.08%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 61.14
• Current Ratio: 0.26
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £462 million
• Price / Sales: 1.70
• Cash Flow: GBX 1,659.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.07
• Book Value: GBX 164.11 per share
• Price / Book: 0.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 673,285,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £786.40 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.33