BGEO vs. VMUK, BOCH, TBCG, MTRO, CBG, ARBB, BIRG, STB, CBKD, and MFX
Should you be buying Bank of Georgia Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Georgia Group include Virgin Money UK (VMUK), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Metro Bank (MTRO), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), and Manx Financial Group (MFX). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Bank of Georgia Group vs.
Bank of Georgia Group (LON:BGEO) and Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Virgin Money UK had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of Georgia Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Virgin Money UK and 1 mentions for Bank of Georgia Group. Bank of Georgia Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Virgin Money UK's score of 0.00 indicating that Bank of Georgia Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bank of Georgia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Money UK. Virgin Money UK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Georgia Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bank of Georgia Group has a net margin of 77.88% compared to Virgin Money UK's net margin of 15.84%. Bank of Georgia Group's return on equity of 40.31% beat Virgin Money UK's return on equity.
Bank of Georgia Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 232 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Virgin Money UK pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share. Bank of Georgia Group pays out 1,786.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Virgin Money UK pays out 1,739.1% 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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,900, indicating a potential upside of 27.92%. Given Bank of Georgia Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bank of Georgia Group is more favorable than Virgin Money UK.
Bank of Georgia Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
52.4% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Virgin Money UK shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.9% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Virgin Money UK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bank of Georgia Group beats Virgin Money UK on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BGEO) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
