MTRO vs. VMUK, TBCG, BOCH, CBG, STB, ARBB, BIRG, CBKD, MFX, and PTSB
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), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), and Permanent TSB Group (PTSB). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Metro Bank vs. Its Competitors
Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) and Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Metro Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Virgin Money UK. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Metro Bank and 0 mentions for Virgin Money UK. Metro Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Virgin Money UK'saverage media sentiment score.
Virgin Money UK has higher revenue and earnings than Metro Bank. Virgin Money UK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metro Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Metro Bank currently has a consensus price target of GBX 155, indicating a potential upside of 21.66%. Given Metro Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Metro Bank is more favorable than Virgin Money UK.
Metro Bank has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
27.0% of Metro Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Metro Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by 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.
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.
Summary
Virgin Money UK beats Metro Bank on 9 of the 14 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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This page (LON:MTRO) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
