Nationwide Building Society (NBS) Competitors

Nationwide Building Society (LON:NBS) and Bank of Georgia Group (LON:BGEO) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the media prefer NBS or BGEO?

In the previous week, Nationwide Building Society and Nationwide Building Society both had 1 articles in the media. Nationwide Building Society's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Bank of Georgia Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Nationwide Building Society is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nationwide Building Society	Positive
Bank of Georgia Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NBS or BGEO?

Bank of Georgia Group received 286 more outperform votes than Nationwide Building Society when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.94% of users gave Bank of Georgia Group an outperform vote while only 72.41% of users gave Nationwide Building Society an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nationwide Building Society	Outperform Votes 63 72.41%	Underperform Votes 24 27.59%
Bank of Georgia Group	Outperform Votes 349 73.94%	Underperform Votes 123 26.06%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NBS or BGEO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nationwide Building Society	£1.07T	0.00	£151.90B	£141.12	0.92
Bank of Georgia Group	£3.09B	0.93	£2.28B	£5.17 thousand	1.26

Which has more volatility and risk, NBS or BGEO?

Nationwide Building Society has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Georgia Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NBS or BGEO?

138.0% of Nationwide Building Society shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.9% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NBS or BGEO more profitable?

Bank of Georgia Group has a net margin of 73.73% compared to Nationwide Building Society's net margin of 14.17%. Bank of Georgia Group's return on equity of 38.89% beat Nationwide Building Society's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nationwide Building Society	14.17%	7.71%	0.48%
Bank of Georgia Group	73.73%	38.89%	5.73%

Summary

Bank of Georgia Group beats Nationwide Building Society on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.