Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BCS scored 77.0, NTB scored 80.0 — NTB leads.
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BCS
Barclays PLC
Banks - Diversified · Financial strength
67.7Fin
$22.95 · $76.6B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
6.6
NTB leads
NTB
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited
Banks - Diversified · Financial strength
74.3Fin
$57.50 · $2.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBCS8.9x
Fastest growthBCS+11.1%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BCS
NTB
+11.1%B
Rev
+4.3%C+
8.9xA-
P/E
10.1xA-
10.1%B
ROE
21.1%A-
0.89A-
P/B
1.97B
2.7%B
Yield
3.5%B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
BCSBarclays PLC
Banks - Diversified · $22.95 · beta 0.91
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $76.6b. Down 20% from 52-week high of $28.69 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.88 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $29.92 (implying +30% upside).
Moat
Net margin 28% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 10% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $76.6b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Credit-cycle exposure — provisions tend to lag actual loan deterioration by 2-3 quarters; a sharp uptick in net charge-offs is a leading indicator the market often misses until it's already priced.
NTBThe Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited
Banks - Diversified · $57.50 · beta 0.54
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $2.3b. 10% off the 52-week high of $64.17. PEG 0.56 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $66.00 (implying +15% upside).
Moat
Net margin 37% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 21% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Regulatory capital risk — stricter capital requirements (CCAR, Basel) can force a dividend cut or a capital raise; the largest banks are most exposed because they're held to the tightest standards.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is NTB or BCS the better stock?
NTB scores higher: NTB 80.0, BCS 77.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are NTB and BCS scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.