Nationwide Building Society (NBS) Competitors GBX 130.60 -1.90 (-1.43%) As of 03/31/2025 11:53 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsHeadlinesBuy This Stock NBS vs. VMUK, BGEO, TBCG, BOCH, PTSB, MTRO, CBG, ARBB, STB, and CBKDShould you be buying Nationwide Building Society stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nationwide Building Society include Virgin Money UK (VMUK), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Metro Bank (MTRO), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), and Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry. Nationwide Building Society vs. Virgin Money UK Bank of Georgia Group TBC Bank Group Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Permanent TSB Group Metro Bank Close Brothers Group Arbuthnot Banking Group Secure Trust Bank Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. Nationwide Building Society (LON:NBS) and Virgin Money UK (LON:VMUK) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NBS or VMUK? 138.0% of Nationwide Building Society shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Virgin Money UK shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of Virgin Money UK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NBS or VMUK? Nationwide Building Society has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Money UK. Virgin Money UK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nationwide Building Society, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNationwide Building Society£1.07T0.00£151.90B£141.120.93Virgin Money UK£1.58B0.00£250M£0.23N/A Does the media refer more to NBS or VMUK? In the previous week, Nationwide Building Society had 2 more articles in the media than Virgin Money UK. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nationwide Building Society and 0 mentions for Virgin Money UK. Nationwide Building Society's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Virgin Money UK's score of 0.00 indicating that Nationwide Building Society is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Nationwide Building Society Positive Virgin Money UK Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NBS or VMUK? Virgin Money UK received 17 more outperform votes than Nationwide Building Society when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.41% of users gave Nationwide Building Society an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Virgin Money UK an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNationwide Building SocietyOutperform Votes6372.41% Underperform Votes2427.59% Virgin Money UKOutperform Votes8061.07% Underperform Votes5138.93% Is NBS or VMUK more profitable? Virgin Money UK has a net margin of 15.84% compared to Nationwide Building Society's net margin of 14.17%. Nationwide Building Society's return on equity of 7.71% beat Virgin Money UK's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Nationwide Building Society14.17% 7.71% 0.48% Virgin Money UK 15.84%5.35%0.33% Which has more volatility & risk, NBS or VMUK? Nationwide Building Society has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Money UK has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryNationwide Building Society beats Virgin Money UK on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Nationwide Building Society News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NBS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NBS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNationwide Building SocietyBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.39B£6.15B£4.22B£2.57BDividend YieldN/A4.25%4.19%4.95%P/E Ratio0.938.2416.14139.96Price / Sales0.0039.741,685.06262,597.20Price / Cash0.0414.2549.0827.90Price / Book0.000.583.344.54Net Income£151.90B£16.75B£1.28B£5.76B7 Day Performance-0.23%-0.51%-1.06%0.34%1 Month Performance-1.04%1.33%5.89%5.74%1 Year Performance-3.26%17.69%9.68%107.79% Nationwide Building Society Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NBSNationwide Building SocietyN/AGBX 130.60-1.4%N/A-3.3%£1.39B£1.07T0.9318,099News CoverageVMUKVirgin Money UKN/AN/AN/AN/A£2.83B£1.58B946.098,110BGEOBank of Georgia GroupN/AGBX 5,690+0.7%N/A+8.1%£2.51B£3.09B1.109,398TBCGTBC Bank GroupN/AGBX 4,395+0.8%N/A+28.5%£2.50B£2.74B2.0010,267BOCHBank of Cyprus Holdings Public1.6163 of 5 starsN/AGBX 595+∞N/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847High Trading VolumePTSBPermanent TSB GroupN/AGBX 1.68+4.7%N/A+20.4%£985.53M£104.62B9.313,330Gap DownMTROMetro BankN/AGBX 92.40+3.2%N/A+176.3%£631.78M£752.96M-25.834,286CBGClose Brothers Group3.7574 of 5 starsGBX 298.20+5.1%GBX 610+104.6%-33.5%£449.27M£1.30B4.494,000ARBBArbuthnot Banking GroupN/AGBX 895.15-2.4%N/A-19.8%£144.89M£239.83M4.74799Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseGap UpSTBSecure Trust Bank4.4306 of 5 starsGBX 576+0.7%GBX 1,420+146.5%-10.0%£109.70M£361.02M4.26879Positive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeCBKDCommercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.N/AGBX 1.53-0.5%N/AN/A£44.98M£91.36B5.887,917 Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Virgin Money UK Competitors Bank of Georgia Group Competitors TBC Bank Group Competitors Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Competitors Permanent TSB Group Competitors Metro Bank Competitors Close Brothers Group Competitors Arbuthnot Banking Group Competitors Secure Trust Bank Competitors Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. 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