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Secure Trust Bank (STB) Competitors

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GBX 339 -9.00 (-2.59%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:31 PM ET)

STB vs. ARBB, BIRG, CBKD, MFX, NBS, PTSB, LLOY, NWG, AIBG, and TBCG

Should you be buying Secure Trust Bank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Secure Trust Bank include Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), and TBC Bank Group (TBCG). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.

Secure Trust Bank vs.

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

20.0% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Secure Trust Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.3% of Arbuthnot Banking 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Arbuthnot Banking Group had 1 more articles in the media than Secure Trust Bank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group and 1 mentions for Secure Trust Bank. Secure Trust Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Secure Trust Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arbuthnot Banking Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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

Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Secure Trust Bank pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Secure Trust Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Secure Trust Bank has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Arbuthnot Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Secure Trust Bank. Secure Trust Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbuthnot Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arbuthnot Banking Group£179.17M0.80£30.85M£1.88473.48
Secure Trust Bank£143.50M0.45£26.90M£1.37247.45

Secure Trust Bank has a net margin of 18.12% compared to Arbuthnot Banking Group's net margin of 17.22%. Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity of 12.42% beat Secure Trust Bank's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arbuthnot Banking Group17.22% 12.42% 0.75%
Secure Trust Bank 18.12%7.81%0.72%

Secure Trust Bank has a consensus target price of GBX 1,420, indicating a potential upside of 318.88%. Given Secure Trust Bank's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Secure Trust Bank is more favorable than Arbuthnot Banking Group.

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

Secure Trust Bank received 148 more outperform votes than Arbuthnot Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.94% of users gave Secure Trust Bank an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Arbuthnot Banking Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arbuthnot Banking GroupOutperform Votes
136
56.90%
Underperform Votes
103
43.10%
Secure Trust BankOutperform Votes
284
75.94%
Underperform Votes
90
24.06%

Summary

Arbuthnot Banking Group and Secure Trust Bank tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STB vs. The Competition

MetricSecure Trust BankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£63.90M£4.83B£3.69B£1.88B
Dividend Yield3.33%4.45%4.42%5.68%
P/E Ratio247.4547.02419.531,808.56
Price / Sales0.4542.341,744.90381,933.69
Price / Cash0.3613.8752.2728.33
Price / Book0.180.611.472.93
Net Income£26.90M£928.03M£359.25M£156.72M
7 Day Performance-4.78%-1.43%-1.62%-1.92%
1 Month Performance-7.63%0.03%0.70%17.85%
1 Year Performance-48.79%12.35%9.93%29.41%

Secure Trust Bank Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STB
Secure Trust Bank
4.1464 of 5 stars
GBX 339
-2.6%
GBX 1,420
+318.9%
-48.6%£63.90M£143.50M247.45879Positive News
Gap Up
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 895.70
+0.1%
N/A-9.4%£145.01M£179.17M475.80799Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BIRG
Bank of Ireland Group
N/AGBX 8.62
-1.2%
N/A+2.6%£86.24M£4.22B6.1910,845News Coverage
Gap Down
CBKD
Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E.
N/AGBX 1.56
+1.8%
N/A+12.8%£45.81M£91.36B5.887,917
MFX
Manx Financial Group
N/AGBX 15
flat
N/A-13.4%£17.92M£36.18M375.00177
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 131.30
-0.5%
N/A-99.0%£11.98M£4.67B0.9918,099
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 1.57
+6.1%
N/AN/A£8.57M£678M13.323,330Gap Up
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.0799 of 5 stars
GBX 55.38
flat
GBX 55.50
+0.2%
+13.5%£33.93B£18.55B791.1459,400Insider Trade
News Coverage
NWG
NatWest Group
2.1726 of 5 stars
GBX 406.39
+0.0%
GBX 351
-13.6%
+81.4%£33.85B£13.75B862.7761,000
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 450
flat
N/A+33.7%£10.49B£4.82B616.4410,551News Coverage
High Trading Volume
TBCG
TBC Bank Group
N/AGBX 3,090
-0.3%
N/A+8.0%£1.70B£2.38B509.8710,267News Coverage

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This page (LON:STB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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