VMUK vs. BGEO, TBCG, BOCH, NBS, AIBG, IGG, RCP, IIG, BUR, and 3IN
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), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), AIB Group (AIBG), IG Group (IGG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), Burford Capital (BUR), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) and Bank of Georgia Group (LON:BGEO) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
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.
Virgin Money UK presently has a consensus target price of GBX 198.75, indicating a potential downside of 7.39%. Bank of Georgia Group has a consensus target price of GBX 5,900, indicating a potential upside of 11.32%. Given Bank of Georgia Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of Georgia Group is more favorable than Virgin Money UK.
Bank of Georgia Group has a net margin of 58.30% compared to Virgin Money UK's net margin of 12.65%. Bank of Georgia Group's return on equity of 30.15% beat Virgin Money UK's return on equity.
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 61.54% of users gave Virgin Money UK an outperform vote.
50.7% of Virgin Money UK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Virgin Money UK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company 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 3 mentions for Bank of Georgia Group and 1 mentions for Virgin Money UK. Bank of Georgia Group's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Virgin Money UK's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of Georgia Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Georgia Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 an annual dividend of GBX 268 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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 pays out 2,535.5% 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.
Summary
Bank of Georgia Group beats Virgin Money UK on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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