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LON:BIRG

Bank of Ireland Group - BIRG Competitors

GBX 9.06
-0.48 (-5.03%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
8.86
9.16
50-Day Range
8.87
10.63
52-Week Range
5.20
11.03
Volume
252,801 shs
Average Volume
1.06 million shs
Market Capitalization
£96.98 million
P/E Ratio
10.54
Dividend Yield
231.69%
Price Target
N/A

BIRG vs. MTRO, CYBG, NTN, JPEI, AQX, ATS, DEVC, MIX, DDV1, and KAY

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), VanEck Bionic Engineering UCITS ETF (CYBG), Northern 3 VCT (NTN), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Aquis Exchange (AQX), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Draper Esprit VCT (DEVC), Mobeus Income & Growth VCT (MIX), Downing One VCT (DDV1), and Kings Arms Yard VCT (KAY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Bank of Ireland Group vs.

Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) and Bank of Ireland Group (LON:BIRG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

47.3% of Metro Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of Metro Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Metro Bank currently has a consensus target price of GBX 73.50, suggesting a potential downside of 30.66%. Given Metro Bank's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Metro Bank is more favorable than Bank of Ireland Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Metro Bank
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Bank of Ireland Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Bank of Ireland Group has a net margin of 29.19% compared to Metro Bank's net margin of -15.03%. Bank of Ireland Group's return on equity of 7.71% beat Metro Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Metro Bank -15.03% -7.30% -0.32%
Bank of Ireland Group 29.19% 7.71% 0.58%

In the previous week, Metro Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of Ireland Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metro Bank and 1 mentions for Bank of Ireland Group. Bank of Ireland Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Metro Bank's score of -0.30 indicating that Bank of Ireland Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Metro Bank
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Bank of Ireland Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Metro Bank has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Ireland Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 54.57% of users gave Metro Bank an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Metro BankOutperform Votes
209
54.57%
Underperform Votes
174
45.43%
Bank of Ireland GroupOutperform Votes
61
77.22%
Underperform Votes
18
22.78%

Bank of Ireland Group has higher revenue and earnings than Metro Bank. Metro Bank 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Metro Bank£483.60 million0.38-£72.70 million-£0.41-258.54
Bank of Ireland Group£3.04 billion0.03£820 million£0.8610.54

Summary

Bank of Ireland Group beats Metro Bank on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BIRG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BIRG vs. The Competition

MetricBank of Ireland GroupBanks IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£96.99M£4.91B£6.00B£1.49B
Dividend Yield2.37%3.86%8.25%12.89%
P/E Ratio10.54232.70131.101,635.84
Price / Sales0.0396.185,968.3051,396.48
Price / Cash0.000.1431.4733.96
Price / Book0.010.423.442.91
Net Income£820M£1.00B£649.05M£167.63M
7 Day Performance2.16%-1.38%-0.04%-1.10%
1 Month Performance-8.17%-10.65%-5.91%-5.50%
1 Year Performance59.97%269.98%16.79%56.77%

Bank of Ireland Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTRO
Metro Bank
1.06 of 5 stars
GBX 107
-3.3%
GBX 82.33
-23.1%
+23.6%£184.62M£483.60M-260.984,184
CYBG
VanEck Bionic Engineering UCITS ETF
0 of 5 stars
GBX 17.20
+2.2%
N/A-87.7%£246.75M£1.24B-2.425,762Gap Up
NTN
Northern 3 VCT
0 of 5 stars
GBX 84.50
flat
N/A-9.1%£104.44M£-8,110,000.00-938.89N/A
JPEI
JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income
0 of 5 stars
GBX 100
+0.3%
N/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/ANews Coverage
AQX
Aquis Exchange
0 of 5 stars
GBX 390
flat
N/A-18.2%£107.33M£18.34M2,785.7154News Coverage
ATS
Artemis Alpha Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 315
flat
N/A-11.3%£103.51M£-41,810,000.00-256.10N/A
DEVC
Draper Esprit VCT
0 of 5 stars
GBX 58
flat
N/A+0.0%£103.48M£9.87M7.34N/AHigh Trading Volume
MIX
Mobeus Income & Growth VCT
0 of 5 stars
GBX 61
flat
N/AN/A£102.91M£1.17M-6,100.00N/AGap Down
DDV1
Downing One VCT
0 of 5 stars
GBX 57
+1.8%
N/AN/A£102.85M£13.20M950.00N/A
KAY
Kings Arms Yard VCT
0 of 5 stars
GBX 20.70
flat
N/AN/A£102.74M£8.48M2,070.00N/A
This page (LON:BIRG) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff