Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD) Competitors

Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) and Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (LON:CBKD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARBB or CBKD?

Arbuthnot Banking Group received 136 more outperform votes than Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arbuthnot Banking Group	Outperform Votes 136 56.67%	Underperform Votes 104 43.33%
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	N/A	N/A

Is ARBB or CBKD a better dividend stock?

Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 66.2%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. pays out 384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ARBB or CBKD?

Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has higher revenue and earnings than Arbuthnot Banking Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arbuthnot Banking Group	£239.83M	0.61	£30.60M	£189.02	4.76
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	£91.36B	0.00	£37.65B	£0.26	5.81

Is ARBB or CBKD more profitable?

Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has a net margin of 47.21% compared to Arbuthnot Banking Group's net margin of 12.76%. Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.'s return on equity of 45.90% beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arbuthnot Banking Group	12.76%	12.11%	0.75%
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	47.21%	45.90%	4.66%

Which has more risk and volatility, ARBB or CBKD?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARBB or CBKD?

20.0% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.3% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ARBB or CBKD?

In the previous week, Arbuthnot Banking Group had 7 more articles in the media than Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group and 0 mentions for Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.. Arbuthnot Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Arbuthnot Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Arbuthnot Banking Group	Positive
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.	Neutral

Summary

Arbuthnot Banking Group beats Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.