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Manx Financial Group (MFX) Competitors

GBX 35.33 +0.33 (+0.95%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

MFX vs. BIRG, CBKD, PTSB, NBS, BGEO, LLOY, NWG, AIBG, VMUK, and TBCG

Should you be buying Manx Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manx Financial Group include Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Lion Finance Group (BGEO), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), and TBC Bank Group (TBCG). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.

Manx Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

Manx Financial Group (LON:MFX) and Bank of Ireland Group (LON:BIRG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Manx Financial Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Bank of Ireland Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Manx Financial Group pays out 8.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Ireland Group pays out 53.0% 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.

59.8% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are held by institutional investors. 69.5% of Manx Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Bank of Ireland Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bank of Ireland Group has a net margin of 36.41% compared to Manx Financial Group's net margin of 9.60%. Manx Financial Group's return on equity of 16.03% beat Bank of Ireland Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manx Financial Group9.60% 16.03% 1.38%
Bank of Ireland Group 36.41%12.22%1.03%

In the previous week, Bank of Ireland Group had 4 more articles in the media than Manx Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bank of Ireland Group and 0 mentions for Manx Financial Group. Bank of Ireland Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Manx Financial Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of Ireland Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Manx Financial Group Neutral
Bank of Ireland Group Positive

Bank of Ireland Group has higher revenue and earnings than Manx Financial Group. Bank of Ireland Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manx Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manx Financial Group£34.40M1.23£5.94M£0.05655.53
Bank of Ireland Group£4.26B0.03£147.90B£1.1911.45

Manx Financial Group has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Ireland Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of Ireland Group beats Manx Financial Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MFX vs. The Competition

MetricManx Financial GroupBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£42.30M£17.88B£6.36B£2.59B
Dividend Yield2.05%4.25%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio655.5338.251,777.845,410.94
Price / Sales1.2360.481,341.7696,691.90
Price / Cash1.3214.25127.4727.93
Price / Book1.120.702.067.77
Net Income£5.94M£16.75B£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance11.11%1.04%7.12%6.51%
1 Month Performance12.53%1.22%7.58%55.94%
1 Year Performance109.32%25.44%30.93%147.85%

Manx Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MFX
Manx Financial Group
N/AGBX 35.33
+1.0%
N/A+128.0%£42.30M£34.40M655.53177
BIRG
Bank of Ireland Group
N/AGBX 12.99
-0.1%
N/A+37.7%£124.84M£4.26B10.9210,845News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CBKD
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.
N/AGBX 1.90
-0.1%
N/A+12.9%£56.89M£98.98B0.117,917
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 2.26
-0.4%
N/A+38.6%£12.32M£658M17.383,330Gap Up
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 129.30
-0.5%
N/AN/A£11.80M£5.18B0.5118,099
BGEO
Lion Finance Group
N/A7,125.00
-1.7%
N/A+87.1%GEL312.53BGEL4.03B153.6312,078High Trading Volume
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
2.6355 of 5 stars
GBX 80.14
-0.4%
GBX 86.80
+8.3%
+42.5%£47.87B£19.10B1,214.2659,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NWG
NatWest Group
3.9983 of 5 stars
GBX 507.40
-2.0%
GBX 594.17
+17.1%
+59.3%£41.02B£15.50B851.3461,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 616
-0.6%
N/A+45.6%£13.16B£4.67B688.2710,551News Coverage
VMUK
Virgin Money UK
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.83B£1.58B946.098,110
TBCG
TBC Bank Group
N/AGBX 4,295
-2.9%
N/A+56.3%£2.38B£3.24B180.9910,267News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:MFX) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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