Manx Financial Group (MFX) Competitors

Secure Trust Bank (LON:STB) and Manx Financial Group (LON:MFX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is STB or MFX a better dividend stock?

Secure Trust Bank pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Manx Financial Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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. Manx Financial Group pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, STB or MFX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Secure Trust Bank	£143.50M	0.49	£26.90M	£1.37	270.77
Manx Financial Group	£36.18M	0.48	£5.77M	£0.04	366.70

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STB or MFX?

73.4% of Secure Trust Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Secure Trust Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.3% of Manx Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate STB or MFX?

Secure Trust Bank currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,420, suggesting a potential upside of 282.80%. Given Secure Trust Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Secure Trust Bank is more favorable than Manx Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Secure Trust Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Manx Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor STB or MFX?

In the previous week, Secure Trust Bank and Secure Trust Bank both had 1 articles in the media. Secure Trust Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Manx Financial Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Secure Trust Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Secure Trust Bank	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Manx Financial Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, STB or MFX?

Secure Trust Bank has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manx Financial Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STB or MFX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Secure Trust Bank	Outperform Votes 284 75.94%	Underperform Votes 90 24.06%
Manx Financial Group	Outperform Votes 95 72.52%	Underperform Votes 36 27.48%

Is STB or MFX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Secure Trust Bank	18.12%	7.81%	0.72%
Manx Financial Group	15.95%	18.58%	1.38%

Summary

Secure Trust Bank beats Manx Financial Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.