VMUK vs. BGEO, AIBG, PSH, ADM, SDR, ICP, PHNX, HL, FCIT, and MNG
Should you be buying Virgin Money UK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virgin Money UK include Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), AIB Group (AIBG), Pershing Square (PSH), Admiral Group (ADM), Schroders (SDR), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Phoenix Group (PHNX), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), and M&G (MNG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Bank of Georgia Group (LON:BGEO) and Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Bank of Georgia Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 240 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Virgin Money UK pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Bank of Georgia Group pays out 2,774.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Virgin Money UK pays out 2,777.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of Georgia Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bank of Georgia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Money UK. Bank of Georgia Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virgin Money UK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of Georgia Group has a net margin of 57.38% compared to Bank of Georgia Group's net margin of 12.65%. Virgin Money UK's return on equity of 30.15% beat Bank of Georgia Group's return on equity.
Bank of Georgia Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,900, suggesting a potential upside of 28.26%. Virgin Money UK has a consensus target price of GBX 191.67, suggesting a potential downside of 10.94%. Given Virgin Money UK's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bank of Georgia Group is more favorable than Virgin Money UK.
Bank of Georgia Group has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
53.0% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by institutional investors. 27.6% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of Virgin Money UK shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Bank of Georgia Group had 2 more articles in the media than Virgin Money UK. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bank of Georgia Group and 3 mentions for Virgin Money UK. Bank of Georgia Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Virgin Money UK's score of 0.27 indicating that Virgin Money UK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of Georgia Group received 269 more outperform votes than Virgin Money UK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.94% of users gave Bank of Georgia Group an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Virgin Money UK an outperform vote.
Summary
Bank of Georgia Group beats Virgin Money UK on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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