PSON vs. INF, AUTO, AAF, RMV, WPP, ITV, KWS, FOUR, ZEG, and VOD
Should you be buying Pearson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pearson include Informa (INF), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Airtel Africa (AAF), Rightmove (RMV), WPP (WPP), ITV (ITV), Keywords Studios (KWS), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Zegona Communications (ZEG), and Vodafone Group Public (VOD). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Pearson (LON:PSON) and Informa (LON:INF) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Pearson has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informa has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Informa has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Pearson's net margin of 10.29%. Pearson's return on equity of 9.04% beat Informa's return on equity.
Pearson currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,092.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.45%. Informa has a consensus price target of GBX 865.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Pearson's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pearson is more favorable than Informa.
Informa has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pearson. Pearson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
80.4% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Informa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Informa shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Informa had 9 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Informa and 0 mentions for Pearson. Informa's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Pearson's score of 0.00 indicating that Informa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Informa pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Pearson pays out 4,339.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Informa pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pearson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pearson received 14 more outperform votes than Informa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave Informa an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.
Summary
Informa beats Pearson on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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