BGEO vs. BOCH, TBCG, VMUK, CBG, CLDN, WWH, BPT, MRC, OMU, and TEM
Should you be buying Bank of Georgia Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Georgia Group include Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Mercantile (MRC), Old Mutual (OMU), and Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (LON:BOCH) and Bank of Georgia Group (LON:BGEO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Bank of Georgia Group had 2 more articles in the media than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bank of Georgia Group and 1 mentions for Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Bank of Georgia Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Bank of Georgia Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bank of Georgia Group has a net margin of 57.38% compared to Bank of Georgia Group's net margin of 49.22%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's return on equity of 30.15% beat Bank of Georgia Group's return on equity.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Georgia Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
39.3% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned 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.
Bank of Georgia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. Bank of Georgia Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of Georgia Group received 260 more outperform votes than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.07% of users gave Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public an outperform vote while only 73.94% of users gave Bank of Georgia Group an outperform vote.
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Bank of Georgia Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 240 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays out 17,500.0% 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 2,675.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bank of Georgia Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bank of Georgia Group has a consensus price target of GBX 5,900, suggesting a potential upside of 42.51%. Given Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of Georgia Group is more favorable than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public.
Summary
Bank of Georgia Group beats Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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