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MKS vs. ALY, IHG, NXT, SKG, JD, BKG, WTB, TW, SMDS, and HWDN

Should you be buying Marks and Spencer Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marks and Spencer Group include Laura Ashley (ALY), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), NEXT (NXT), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), JD Sports Fashion (JD), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Whitbread (WTB), Taylor Wimpey (TW), DS Smith (SMDS), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN).

Marks and Spencer Group vs.

Laura Ashley (LON:ALY) and Marks and Spencer Group (LON:MKS) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

51.2% of Marks and Spencer Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Marks and Spencer Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Marks and Spencer Group received 952 more outperform votes than Laura Ashley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.10% of users gave Laura Ashley an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave Marks and Spencer Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Laura AshleyOutperform Votes
117
66.10%
Underperform Votes
60
33.90%
Marks and Spencer GroupOutperform Votes
1069
56.32%
Underperform Votes
829
43.68%

Marks and Spencer Group has higher revenue and earnings than Laura Ashley. Laura Ashley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marks and Spencer Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Laura Ashley£219.20M0.01N/A-£2.30-0.17
Marks and Spencer Group£12.53B0.50£405.30M£0.211,448.57

In the previous week, Marks and Spencer Group had 16 more articles in the media than Laura Ashley. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Marks and Spencer Group and 2 mentions for Laura Ashley. Laura Ashley's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Marks and Spencer Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Marks and Spencer Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Laura Ashley
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Marks and Spencer Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Marks and Spencer Group has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Marks and Spencer Group's net margin of 0.00%. Laura Ashley's return on equity of 13.81% beat Marks and Spencer Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Laura AshleyN/A N/A N/A
Marks and Spencer Group 3.23%13.81%5.65%

Marks and Spencer Group has a consensus price target of GBX 322.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.88%. Given Laura Ashley's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marks and Spencer Group is more favorable than Laura Ashley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Laura Ashley
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Marks and Spencer Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Marks and Spencer Group beats Laura Ashley on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MKS vs. The Competition

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MetricMarks and Spencer GroupDepartment Stores IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.24B£5.81B£2.46B£1.41B
Dividend Yield1.04%1.75%4.38%11.82%
P/E Ratio1,448.5794.86370.511,691.83
Price / Sales0.508.92274.82288,721.49
Price / Cash3.085.9525.4632.84
Price / Book2.103.582.112.72
Net Income£405.30M£381.16M£198.12M£164.50M
7 Day Performance5.63%2.44%-0.48%0.12%
1 Month Performance17.14%3.81%1.51%9.52%
1 Year Performance69.47%8.59%1.49%18.48%

Marks and Spencer Group Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALY
Laura Ashley
0 of 5 stars		GBX 0.39
+27.9%		N/AN/A£2.84M£219.20M-0.172,980Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group
0.1714 of 5 stars		GBX 7,932.31
0.0%		GBX 5,362.33
-32.4%		+46.4%£12.88B£3.73B2,285.9713,462News Coverage
Positive News
NXT
NEXT
0.1143 of 5 stars		GBX 9,394
+0.3%		GBX 6,683.33
-28.9%		+43.9%£11.93B£5.49B1,432.0131,947
SKG
Smurfit Kappa Group
0.2004 of 5 stars		GBX 3,860
-0.6%		GBX 4,015
+4.0%		+29.4%£10.08B£11.27B1,556.4547,000
JD
JD Sports Fashion
2.2125 of 5 stars		GBX 121.45
0.0%		GBX 487
+301.0%		-19.6%£6.29B£10.49B3,036.2575,149Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BKG
The Berkeley Group
0.6006 of 5 stars		GBX 5,265
+0.1%		GBX 4,614.86
-12.3%		+31.2%£5.58B£2.54B1,250.592,802
WTB
Whitbread
2.0554 of 5 stars		GBX 2,938.92
+0.5%		GBX 4,283.33
+45.7%		-10.7%£5.35B£2.96B1,836.8239,000High Trading Volume
TW
Taylor Wimpey
0.7452 of 5 stars		GBX 148.90
+0.7%		GBX 135.50
-9.0%		+28.8%£5.27B£3.51B1,489.004,719News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SMDS
DS Smith
0.4675 of 5 stars		GBX 369.20
-0.1%		GBX 386.75
+4.8%		+19.7%£5.09B£7.43B1,085.8829,519Gap Down
HWDN
Howden Joinery Group
1.2096 of 5 stars		GBX 921
+0.1%		GBX 856.43
-7.0%		+37.5%£5.06B£2.31B2,002.1712,000Positive News

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