PTSB vs. NBS, MFX, WINV, NBDG, RQIH, WCW, FKE, TFG, 47IE, and EST
Should you be buying Permanent TSB Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Permanent TSB Group include Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Worsley Investors (WINV), NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund (NBDG), R&Q Insurance (RQIH), Walker Crips Group (WCW), Fiske (FKE), Tetragon Financial (TFG), S&U (47IE), and East Star Resources (EST). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Permanent TSB Group (LON:PTSB) and Nationwide Building Society (LON:NBS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Nationwide Building Society had 3 more articles in the media than Permanent TSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nationwide Building Society and 0 mentions for Permanent TSB Group. Nationwide Building Society's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Permanent TSB Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Nationwide Building Society is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nationwide Building Society received 63 more outperform votes than Permanent TSB Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Permanent TSB Group has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Nationwide Building Society has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
10.6% of Permanent TSB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 138.0% of Nationwide Building Society shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.9% of Permanent TSB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nationwide Building Society has higher revenue and earnings than Permanent TSB Group. Nationwide Building Society is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permanent TSB Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
Summary
Nationwide Building Society beats Permanent TSB Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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