Nationwide Building Society (NBS) Competitors GBX 131.50 0.00 (0.00%) As of 06/20/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsHeadlinesBuy This Stock NBS vs. VMUK, TBCG, BOCH, PTSB, MTRO, CBG, ARBB, STB, CBKD, and MFXShould you be buying Nationwide Building Society stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nationwide Building Society include Virgin Money UK (VMUK), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Metro Bank (MTRO), 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. Nationwide Building Society vs. Its Competitors Virgin Money UK TBC Bank Group Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Permanent TSB Group Metro Bank Close Brothers Group Arbuthnot Banking Group Secure Trust Bank Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. Manx Financial Group Nationwide Building Society (LON:NBS) and Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking. Does the media refer more to NBS or VMUK? In the previous week, Nationwide Building Society had 1 more articles in the media than Virgin Money UK. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Nationwide Building Society and 0 mentions for Virgin Money UK. Nationwide Building Society's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Virgin Money UK'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Nationwide Building Society Neutral Virgin Money UK Neutral Is NBS or VMUK more profitable? Virgin Money UK has a net margin of 15.84% compared to Nationwide Building Society's net margin of 14.17%. Nationwide Building Society's return on equity of 7.71% beat Virgin Money UK's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Nationwide Building Society14.17% 7.71% 0.48% Virgin Money UK 15.84%5.35%0.33% Do institutionals and insiders believe in NBS or VMUK? 138.0% of Nationwide Building Society shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk & volatility, NBS or VMUK? Nationwide Building Society has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher valuation & earnings, NBS or VMUK? Nationwide Building Society has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Money UK. Virgin Money UK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nationwide Building Society, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNationwide Building Society£1.07T0.00£151.90B£141.120.93Virgin Money UK£1.58B0.00£250M£0.23N/A Does the MarketBeat Community favor NBS or VMUK? Virgin Money UK received 17 more outperform votes than Nationwide Building Society when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.41% of users gave Nationwide Building Society an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Virgin Money UK an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNationwide Building SocietyOutperform Votes6372.41% Underperform Votes2427.59% Virgin Money UKOutperform Votes8061.07% Underperform Votes5138.93% SummaryNationwide Building Society beats Virgin Money UK on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Nationwide Building Society News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NBS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NBS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart NBS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNationwide Building SocietyBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.40B£17.14B£6.39B£2.90BDividend YieldN/A4.25%4.13%4.98%P/E Ratio0.938.8113.42126.80Price / Sales0.0046.341,808.31237,173.11Price / Cash0.0414.2549.0128.03Price / Book0.000.641.394.36Net Income£151.90B£16.75B£1.25B£5.91B7 Day Performance1.35%-0.26%0.48%1.84%1 Month Performance0.77%0.24%2.13%7.86%1 Year PerformanceN/A23.22%15.42%31.24% Nationwide Building Society Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NBSNationwide Building SocietyN/AGBX 131.50flatN/AN/A£1.40B£1.07T0.9318,099VMUKVirgin Money UKN/AN/AN/AN/A£2.83B£1.58B946.098,110TBCGTBC Bank GroupN/AGBX 4,425.22-1.7%N/A+76.6%£2.52B£2.74B2.0110,267BOCHBank of Cyprus Holdings PublicN/AN/AGBX 595+∞N/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847High Trading VolumePTSBPermanent TSB GroupN/AGBX 1.89+3.9%N/A+49.3%£1.11B£104.62B10.483,330Gap UpMTROMetro BankN/AGBX 130-2.1%N/A+252.6%£888.87M£752.96M-36.344,286CBGClose Brothers Group3.3377 of 5 starsGBX 370.48-2.2%GBX 550+48.5%-16.6%£558.17M£1.30B5.584,000Gap DownARBBArbuthnot Banking GroupN/AGBX 980+2.9%N/A-4.1%£158.63M£239.83M5.18799News CoverageGap UpSTBSecure Trust Bank4.5498 of 5 starsGBX 754-0.5%GBX 1,420+88.3%-6.0%£143.60M£361.02M5.58879Analyst ForecastGap DownCBKDCommercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.N/AGBX 1.55-0.1%N/A-4.1%£45.51M£91.36B5.957,917High Trading VolumeMFXManx Financial GroupN/AGBX 25.70+0.8%N/A+38.6%£30.77M£61.86M5.18177 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Virgin Money UK Competitors TBC Bank Group Competitors Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Competitors Permanent TSB Group Competitors Metro Bank Competitors Close Brothers Group Competitors Arbuthnot Banking Group Competitors Secure Trust Bank Competitors Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. 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