MTRO vs. ARBB, STB, BIRG, CBG, ADIG, FJV, IPF, JMI, SUS, and BSV
Should you be buying Metro Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metro Bank include Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Close Brothers Group (CBG), abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG), Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV), International Personal Finance (IPF), JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JMI), S&U (SUS), and British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) and Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Metro Bank received 73 more outperform votes than Arbuthnot Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.63% of users gave Arbuthnot Banking Group an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Metro Bank an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Metro Bank had 5 more articles in the media than Arbuthnot Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Metro Bank and 0 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group. Metro Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Metro Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arbuthnot Banking Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Metro Bank. Metro Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbuthnot Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Metro Bank has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 19.85% compared to Metro Bank's net margin of 4.79%. Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity of 15.24% beat Metro Bank's return on equity.
33.3% of Metro Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Metro Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.4% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Arbuthnot Banking Group beats Metro Bank on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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