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Secure Trust Bank (STB) Competitors

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STB vs. ARBB, BIRG, CBKD, MFX, NBS, PTSB, BGEO, LLOY, NWG, and AIBG

Should you be buying Secure Trust Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Secure Trust Bank include Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Lion Finance Group (BGEO), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), and AIB Group (AIBG). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.

Secure Trust Bank vs. Its Competitors

Secure Trust Bank (LON:STB) and Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

43.4% of Secure Trust Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of Secure Trust Bank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 59.3% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Arbuthnot Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Secure Trust Bank. Secure Trust 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Secure Trust Bank£204.60M0.79£26.00M£101.408.60
Arbuthnot Banking Group£227.50M0.64£30.60M£100.208.91

Secure Trust Bank pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Secure Trust Bank pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Secure Trust Bank presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,420, suggesting a potential upside of 62.84%. Given Secure Trust Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Secure Trust Bank is more favorable than Arbuthnot Banking Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Secure Trust Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Arbuthnot Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 12.76% compared to Secure Trust Bank's net margin of 7.20%. Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity of 12.11% beat Secure Trust Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Secure Trust Bank7.20% 7.43% 0.72%
Arbuthnot Banking Group 12.76%12.11%0.75%

Secure Trust Bank has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Secure Trust Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Arbuthnot Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Secure Trust Bank and 2 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group. Secure Trust Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's score of 0.34 indicating that Secure Trust Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Secure Trust Bank
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arbuthnot Banking Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Secure Trust Bank and Arbuthnot Banking Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STB vs. The Competition

MetricSecure Trust BankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£162.53M£17.62B£4.82B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.88%4.23%4.41%5.38%
P/E Ratio8.609.7570.32494.26
Price / Sales0.7957.561,443.6698,892.44
Price / Cash0.3614.2548.9327.90
Price / Book0.470.673.518.22
Net Income£26.00M£16.75B£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.80%-0.43%-0.32%-0.15%
1 Month Performance-14.09%-0.76%0.79%1.02%
1 Year Performance6.60%25.09%38.81%131.21%

Secure Trust Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STB
Secure Trust Bank
4.7518 of 5 stars
GBX 872
+1.4%
GBX 1,420
+62.8%
+4.9%£162.53M£204.60M8.60879News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 900
+0.6%
N/A-1.9%£146.88M£227.50M898.20799News Coverage
BIRG
Bank of Ireland Group
N/AGBX 13.95
+3.3%
N/A+46.8%£133.27M£4.26B11.7310,845
CBKD
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.
N/AGBX 2.13
+0.7%
N/A+40.8%£63.70M£98.98B0.127,917
MFX
Manx Financial Group
N/AGBX 27.33
-0.6%
N/A+62.5%£32.72M£35.22M438.73177Positive News
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 129.50
-0.4%
N/A-1.5%£11.81M£5.18B0.5118,099News Coverage
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 2.16
-1.8%
N/A+38.2%£11.77M£658M16.623,330Gap Up
BGEO
Lion Finance Group
N/A7,725.00
-2.8%
N/A+82.1%GEL337.47BGEL4.03B166.5712,078Positive News
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
3.0498 of 5 stars
GBX 84.18
+0.6%
GBX 90
+6.9%
+33.5%£49.80B£19.10B1,275.4559,400Trending News
High Trading Volume
NWG
NatWest Group
4.2117 of 5 stars
GBX 539.30
-0.9%
GBX 613.33
+13.7%
+48.4%£43.31B£15.50B904.8761,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 662
+1.2%
N/A+56.3%£14.15B£4.67B739.6610,551

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