MER vs. CVSG, XPS, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, PTEC, PETS, AML, and COA
Should you be buying Mears Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mears Group include CVS Group (CVSG), XPS Pensions Group (XPS), Dignity (DTY), AA (AA), Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L) (PVG), Xafinity (XAF), Playtech (PTEC), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Aston Martin Lagonda Global (AML), and Coats Group (COA). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and Mears Group (LON:MER) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
CVS Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mears Group. Mears Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Mears Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. CVS Group pays out 1,632.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mears Group pays out 4,062.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CVS Group has a net margin of 5.51% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 3.23%. CVS Group's return on equity of 17.70% beat Mears Group's return on equity.
CVS Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mears Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mears Group received 27 more outperform votes than CVS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.05% of users gave Mears Group an outperform vote while only 70.61% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.
72.1% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 113.0% of Mears Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of CVS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Mears Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CVS Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,135, suggesting a potential upside of 89.27%. Mears Group has a consensus target price of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Mears Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CVS Group is more favorable than Mears Group.
In the previous week, Mears Group had 2 more articles in the media than CVS Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mears Group and 0 mentions for CVS Group. CVS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Mears Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mears Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mears Group beats CVS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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