BIRG vs. MTRO, ARBB, STB, CBKD, MFX, NBS, PTSB, LLOY, NWG, and AIBG
Should you be buying Bank of Ireland Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Ireland Group include Metro Bank (MTRO), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), and AIB Group (AIBG). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Bank of Ireland Group (LON:BIRG) and Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Bank of Ireland Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metro Bank has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bank of Ireland Group has higher revenue and earnings than Metro Bank. Bank of Ireland Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metro Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Metro Bank received 148 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 54.43% of users gave Metro Bank an outperform vote.
Bank of Ireland Group has a net margin of 39.01% compared to Metro Bank's net margin of 4.79%. Bank of Ireland Group's return on equity of 13.30% beat Metro Bank's return on equity.
58.0% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of Metro Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Metro Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Metro Bank had 7 more articles in the media than Bank of Ireland Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Metro Bank and 1 mentions for Bank of Ireland Group. Metro Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Bank of Ireland Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Metro Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of Ireland Group beats Metro Bank on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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