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

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

Is CBKD or STB a better dividend stock?

Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 57.4%. Secure Trust Bank pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. pays out 384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Secure Trust Bank pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, CBKD or STB?

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

Is CBKD or STB 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
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	47.21%	45.90%	4.66%
Secure Trust Bank	7.20%	7.43%	0.72%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CBKD or STB?

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
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	£91.36B	0.00	£37.65B	£0.26	6.70
Secure Trust Bank	£361.02M	0.51	£26.00M	£135.17	7.10

Does the media favor CBKD or STB?

In the previous week, Secure Trust Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Secure Trust Bank and 1 mentions for Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.. Secure Trust Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.53 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 news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Secure Trust Bank	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer CBKD or STB?

Secure Trust Bank has a consensus target price of GBX 1,420, suggesting a potential upside of 47.92%. Given Secure Trust Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
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
Secure Trust Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

9.1% of Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Secure Trust Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Secure Trust Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments 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 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.