Metro Bank (MTRO) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Metro Bank Holdings PLC operates as the bank holding company for Metro Bank PLC that provides various banking products and services in the United Kingdom. It offers personal banking products and services, including current, cash, and foreign currency accounts; savings; residential and buy-to-let mortgages; overdrafts; credit cards; pet insurance; and safe deposit box services. The company also provides business banking products and services comprising business bank, commercial and community current, foreign currency, and insolvency practitioner accounts; deposit accounts, such as business and community instant access deposit, business notice, client premium and flexible client term deposit, and business and community fixed term deposit accounts; insurance products; and business and commercial loans and overdrafts, asset and invoice financing, bounce back loans, business credit cards, and recovery loan schemes services. In addition, it offers private banking products and services, such as private bank, savings, foreign currency, and money management accounts; mortgages; credit cards; and partnership loans. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.Metro Bank Holdings PLC operates as a subsidiary of Spaldy Investments Limited.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 182.80 to 196.80
• 50-Day Range: 152.60 to 195.17
• 52-Week Range: 98.30 to 196.80
• Volume: 25.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.60 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.31 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.02
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: GBX 190
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Metro Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Metro Bank scored higher than 29% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Metro Bank has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Metro Bank is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Metro Bank has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Metro Bank is 25.02, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.47.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Metro Bank is 25.02, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.75.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Metro Bank has a P/B Ratio of 1.19. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MTRO.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Metro Bank does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Metro Bank does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Metro Bank has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Metro Bank this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Metro Bank in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £909,971.81 in company stock, which represents 0.0692% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Metro Bank insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £909,971.81 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.01% of the stock of Metro Bank is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

26.98% of the stock of Metro Bank is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: LON:MTRO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.metrobankonline.co.uk
• Phone: 44 3450 808 500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,286
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Metro Bank: GBX 190
• High Price Target: GBX 190
• Low Price Target: GBX 190
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 7.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.02
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -£24.85 million
• Net Margins: 10.37%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 7.00%
• Return on Assets: -0.08%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 173.09
• Current Ratio: 3.44
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £597.90 million
• Price / Sales: 2.20
• Cash Flow: GBX 2,772.30 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.07
• Book Value: GBX 164.11 per share
• Price / Book: 1.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 673,641,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.31 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.09