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Metro Bank (MTRO) Competitors

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MTRO vs. TBCG, BGEO, BOCH, NBS, PTSB, CBG, ARBB, STB, CBKD, and MFX

Should you be buying Metro Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metro Bank include TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), and Manx Financial Group (MFX). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.

Metro Bank vs.

Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) and TBC Bank Group (LON:TBCG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Metro Bank£752.96M0.91-£24.85M-£3.58-28.01
TBC Bank Group£2.74B1.00£1.26B£2.20 thousand2.19

In the previous week, Metro Bank had 3 more articles in the media than TBC Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Metro Bank and 1 mentions for TBC Bank Group. TBC Bank Group's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Metro Bank's score of 0.05 indicating that TBC Bank Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

TBC Bank Group received 57 more outperform votes than Metro Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.08% of users gave TBC Bank Group an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Metro Bank an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Metro BankOutperform Votes
209
54.43%
Underperform Votes
175
45.57%
TBC Bank GroupOutperform Votes
266
73.08%
Underperform Votes
98
26.92%

26.1% of Metro Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of TBC Bank Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.3% of Metro Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of TBC Bank Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Metro Bank has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TBC Bank Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

TBC Bank Group has a net margin of 46.11% compared to Metro Bank's net margin of -3.30%. TBC Bank Group's return on equity of 25.47% beat Metro Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Metro Bank-3.30% -2.18% -0.08%
TBC Bank Group 46.11%25.47%3.77%

Summary

TBC Bank Group beats Metro Bank on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTRO vs. The Competition

MetricMetro BankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£685.12M£6.28B£3.85B£2.56B
Dividend YieldN/A4.25%4.21%4.97%
P/E Ratio-28.018.3913.05132.23
Price / Sales0.9141.531,691.86226,804.17
Price / Cash0.0714.2550.4928.13
Price / Book0.610.603.414.52
Net Income-£24.85M£16.75B£1.25B£5.84B
7 Day Performance7.17%1.18%1.35%2.95%
1 Month Performance9.63%0.53%13.28%9.02%
1 Year Performance201.81%17.71%13.04%114.57%

Metro Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTRO
Metro Bank
N/AGBX 100.20
-0.4%
N/A+202.5%£685.12M£752.96M-28.014,286
TBCG
TBC Bank Group
N/AGBX 4,295
+0.4%
N/A+36.1%£2.44B£2.74B1.9510,267
BGEO
Bank of Georgia Group
N/AGBX 5,425
+0.8%
N/A+11.5%£2.40B£3.09B1.059,398News Coverage
Gap Up
BOCH
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
1.601 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 595
+∞
N/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847High Trading Volume
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 130.50
+0.4%
N/AN/A£1.39B£1.07T0.9218,099
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 1.52
+0.3%
N/A+3.6%£891.67M£104.62B8.423,330
CBG
Close Brothers Group
3.701 of 5 stars
GBX 301.40
+2.0%
GBX 550
+82.5%
-28.7%£454.10M£1.30B4.544,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 920.43
+0.6%
N/A-13.7%£148.98M£239.83M4.87799Gap Down
STB
Secure Trust Bank
4.5894 of 5 stars
GBX 598.51
+1.1%
GBX 1,420
+137.3%
-15.7%£113.98M£361.02M4.43879
CBKD
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.
N/AGBX 1.45
-0.5%
N/AN/A£42.69M£91.36B5.587,917
MFX
Manx Financial Group
N/AGBX 13.85
+2.6%
N/A-23.8%£16.58M£61.86M2.79177Gap Down

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This page (LON:MTRO) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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