MFX vs. STB, CBKD, NBS, PTSB, LLOY, NWG, AIBG, VMUK, BGEO, and BOCH
Should you be buying Manx Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manx Financial Group include Secure Trust Bank (STB), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), and Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Manx Financial Group vs.
Manx Financial Group (LON:MFX) and Secure Trust Bank (LON:STB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Secure Trust Bank had 2 more articles in the media than Manx Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Secure Trust Bank and 0 mentions for Manx Financial Group. Secure Trust Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Manx Financial Group's score of 0.13 indicating that Secure Trust Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Secure Trust Bank has a net margin of 18.12% compared to Manx Financial Group's net margin of 15.95%. Manx Financial Group's return on equity of 18.58% beat Secure Trust Bank's return on equity.
Secure Trust Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Manx Financial Group. Secure Trust Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manx Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manx Financial Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Secure Trust Bank pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Manx Financial Group pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Secure Trust Bank pays out 2,043.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
73.4% of Secure Trust Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.3% of Manx Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Secure Trust Bank shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Secure Trust Bank received 189 more outperform votes than Manx Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.94% of users gave Secure Trust Bank an outperform vote while only 72.52% of users gave Manx Financial Group an outperform vote.
Secure Trust Bank has a consensus price target of GBX 1,420, indicating a potential upside of 207.36%. Given Secure Trust Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Secure Trust Bank is more favorable than Manx Financial Group.
Manx Financial Group has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Secure Trust Bank has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Secure Trust Bank beats Manx Financial Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MFX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
