Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD) Competitors

Secure Trust Bank (LON:STB) and Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (LON:CBKD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, STB or CBKD?

Secure Trust Bank has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, STB or CBKD?

Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has higher revenue and earnings than Secure Trust Bank. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure Trust Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Secure Trust Bank	£204.60M	0.88	£26.00M	£1.01	952.66
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	£98.98B	0.00	£37.65B	£18.07	0.12

Is STB or CBKD a better dividend stock?

Secure Trust Bank pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 115.7%. Secure Trust Bank pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer STB or CBKD?

In the previous week, Secure Trust Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Secure Trust Bank and 0 mentions for Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.. Secure Trust Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Secure Trust Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Secure Trust Bank	Very Positive
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	Neutral

Is STB or CBKD more profitable?

Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has a net margin of 47.21% compared to Secure Trust Bank's net margin of 7.20%. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.'s return on equity of 45.90% beat Secure Trust Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Secure Trust Bank	7.20%	7.43%	0.72%
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	47.21%	45.90%	4.66%

Do analysts rate STB or CBKD?

Secure Trust Bank presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,420, indicating a potential upside of 47.00%. Given Secure Trust Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Secure Trust Bank is more favorable than Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Secure Trust Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of STB or CBKD?

43.4% of Secure Trust Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Secure Trust Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Secure Trust Bank beats Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.