BOCH vs. TBCG, CBG, MTRO, STB, ARBB, BIRG, CBKD, MFX, NBS, and PTSB
Should you be buying Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public include TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Metro Bank (MTRO), Secure Trust Bank (STB), 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), and Permanent TSB Group (PTSB). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
TBC Bank Group (LON:TBCG) and Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (LON:BOCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
TBC Bank Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. TBC Bank 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.
TBC Bank Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TBC Bank Group had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TBC Bank Group and 0 mentions for Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat TBC Bank Group's score of 0.00 indicating that TBC Bank Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.1% of TBC Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are held by institutional investors. 23.8% of TBC Bank Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public shares are held by company 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.
TBC Bank Group received 177 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 73.08% of users gave TBC Bank Group an outperform vote.
TBC Bank Group has a net margin of 51.01% compared to TBC Bank Group's net margin of 49.22%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public's return on equity of 25.99% beat TBC Bank Group's return on equity.
TBC Bank Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. TBC Bank Group pays out 3,564.4% 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 Cyprus Holdings Public pays out 19,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TBC Bank Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
TBC Bank Group beats Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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