Nationwide Building Society (NBS) Competitors

Nationwide Building Society (LON:NBS) and Permanent TSB Group (LON:PTSB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NBS or PTSB?

Nationwide Building Society received 63 more outperform votes than Permanent TSB Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nationwide Building Society	Outperform Votes 63 72.41%	Underperform Votes 24 27.59%
Permanent TSB Group	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NBS or PTSB?

Nationwide Building Society has higher revenue and earnings than Permanent TSB Group. Permanent TSB Group 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nationwide Building Society	£4.94B	0.27	£1.66B	£163.10	82.46
Permanent TSB Group	£612M	0.01	£25M	£0.05	31.00

Is NBS or PTSB more profitable?

Nationwide Building Society has a net margin of 33.58% compared to Permanent TSB Group's net margin of 11.11%. Nationwide Building Society's return on equity of 9.86% beat Permanent TSB Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nationwide Building Society	33.58%	9.86%	0.60%
Permanent TSB Group	11.11%	2.82%	0.25%

Does the media prefer NBS or PTSB?

In the previous week, Nationwide Building Society had 1 more articles in the media than Permanent TSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Nationwide Building Society and 0 mentions for Permanent TSB Group. Nationwide Building Society's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Permanent TSB Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nationwide Building Society	Neutral
Permanent TSB Group	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NBS or PTSB?

138.0% of Nationwide Building Society shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Permanent TSB Group shares are held by institutional investors. 75.9% of Permanent TSB Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, NBS or PTSB?

Nationwide Building Society has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permanent TSB Group has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NBS or PTSB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nationwide Building Society	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Permanent TSB Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Nationwide Building Society beats Permanent TSB Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.