BIRG vs. CBKD, STB, ARBB, MTRO, UTL, MIX, HEIT, AQX, CMPG, and ANIC
Should you be buying Bank of Ireland Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Ireland Group include Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Metro Bank (MTRO), UIL (UTL), Mobeus Income & Growth VCT (MIX), Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT), Aquis Exchange (AQX), CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust (CMPG), and Agronomics (ANIC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (LON:CBKD) and Bank of Ireland Group (LON:BIRG) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 116.3%. Bank of Ireland Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 669.6%. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. pays out 740.7% 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.
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Ireland Group. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Ireland Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Ireland Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has a net margin of 45.36% compared to Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.'s net margin of 39.01%. Bank of Ireland Group's return on equity of 34.50% beat Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.'s return on equity.
Bank of Ireland Group received 61 more outperform votes than Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Bank of Ireland Group had 1 more articles in the media than Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bank of Ireland Group and 0 mentions for Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.. Bank of Ireland Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
7.4% of Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bank of Ireland Group beats Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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