Metro Bank (MTRO) Competitors

Metro Bank (LON:MTRO) and Bank of Georgia Group (LON:BGEO) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, MTRO or BGEO?

Metro Bank has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Georgia Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MTRO or BGEO?

Bank of Georgia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Metro Bank. Metro Bank 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metro Bank	£752.96M	0.85	-£24.85M	-£3.58	-26.16
Bank of Georgia Group	£3.09B	0.80	£2.28B	£5.17 thousand	1.09

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MTRO or BGEO?

26.1% of Metro Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Bank of Georgia Group shares are held by institutional investors. 58.3% of Metro Bank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.9% of Bank of Georgia Group 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.

Is MTRO or BGEO more profitable?

Bank of Georgia Group has a net margin of 73.73% compared to Metro Bank's net margin of -3.30%. Bank of Georgia Group's return on equity of 38.89% beat Metro Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metro Bank	-3.30%	-2.18%	-0.08%
Bank of Georgia Group	73.73%	38.89%	5.73%

Does the media prefer MTRO or BGEO?

In the previous week, Metro Bank had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of Georgia Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Metro Bank and 1 mentions for Bank of Georgia Group. Bank of Georgia Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Metro Bank's score of -0.05 indicating that Bank of Georgia Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Metro Bank	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bank of Georgia Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTRO or BGEO?

Bank of Georgia Group received 140 more outperform votes than Metro Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.94% of users gave Bank of Georgia Group an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Metro Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Metro Bank	Outperform Votes 209 54.43%	Underperform Votes 175 45.57%
Bank of Georgia Group	Outperform Votes 349 73.94%	Underperform Votes 123 26.06%

Summary

Bank of Georgia Group beats Metro Bank on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.