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Metro Bank (MTRO) Competitors

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GBX 129.20 +1.20 (+0.94%)
As of 08/22/2025 11:59 AM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Metro Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metro Bank include Virgin Money UK (VMUK), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), 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. Its Competitors

Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) and Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Metro Bank has a consensus price target of GBX 155, indicating a potential upside of 19.97%. Given Metro Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Metro Bank is more favorable than Virgin Money UK.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Virgin Money UK
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Metro Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Metro Bank had 5 more articles in the media than Virgin Money UK. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Metro Bank and 0 mentions for Virgin Money UK. Metro Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Virgin Money UK's score of 0.00 indicating that Metro Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Virgin Money UK Neutral
Metro Bank Neutral

Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metro Bank has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

56.5% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Metro Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Metro Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Virgin Money UK£1.58B0.00£250M£0.23N/A
Metro Bank£752.96M1.17-£24.85M-£3.58-36.12

Virgin Money UK has a net margin of 15.84% compared to Metro Bank's net margin of -3.30%. Virgin Money UK's return on equity of 5.35% beat Metro Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Virgin Money UK15.84% 5.35% 0.33%
Metro Bank -3.30%-2.18%-0.08%

Summary

Virgin Money UK beats Metro Bank on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MTRO vs. The Competition

MetricMetro BankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£883.40M£19.53B£6.49B£3.22B
Dividend YieldN/A4.19%4.17%5.04%
P/E Ratio-36.129.6214.41164.70
Price / Sales1.1752.181,803.55310,111.42
Price / Cash0.0714.25127.2427.93
Price / Book0.790.715.135.91
Net Income-£24.85M£16.75B£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance13.73%0.51%0.88%49.52%
1 Month Performance-0.31%5.32%2.15%56.91%
1 Year Performance115.33%26.96%24.63%140.38%

Metro Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTRO
Metro Bank
1.4572 of 5 stars
GBX 129.20
+0.9%
GBX 155
+20.0%
+115.3%£883.40M£752.96M-36.124,286News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
VMUK
Virgin Money UK
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.83B£1.58B946.098,110
TBCG
TBC Bank Group
N/AGBX 4,490
-0.2%
N/A+52.2%£2.55B£2.74B2.0410,267News Coverage
Buyback Announcement
BOCH
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847High Trading Volume
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 130
-0.4%
N/AN/A£1.39B£1.07T0.9218,099
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 2.28
+1.3%
N/A+48.4%£1.34B£104.62B12.633,330News Coverage
Gap Up
CBG
Close Brothers Group
1.3269 of 5 stars
GBX 485.40
-2.6%
GBX 452.50
-6.8%
+0.0%£731.31M£1.30B7.314,000
STB
Secure Trust Bank
4.336 of 5 stars
GBX 1,155
+0.4%
GBX 1,420
+22.9%
+33.2%£219.97M£361.02M8.54879News Coverage
Insider Trade
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 1,000
-1.5%
N/A+10.1%£161.86M£239.83M5.29799Gap Down
CBKD
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.
N/AGBX 2
-1.1%
N/A+17.8%£58.74M£91.36B7.687,917Gap Down
MFX
Manx Financial Group
N/AGBX 31.85
+1.1%
N/A+95.2%£38.13M£61.86M6.42177

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This page (LON:MTRO) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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