RMV vs. AUTO, MONY, BCG, AAF, ITV, PSON, KWS, FOUR, ZEG, and ASCL
Should you be buying Rightmove stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rightmove include Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Airtel Africa (AAF), ITV (ITV), Pearson (PSON), Keywords Studios (KWS), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Zegona Communications (ZEG), and Ascential (ASCL). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Rightmove (LON:RMV) and Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
Rightmove received 19 more outperform votes than Auto Trader Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.61% of users gave Auto Trader Group an outperform vote while only 59.71% of users gave Rightmove an outperform vote.
Rightmove has a net margin of 54.66% compared to Auto Trader Group's net margin of 44.36%. Rightmove's return on equity of 289.63% beat Auto Trader Group's return on equity.
Rightmove presently has a consensus price target of GBX 602.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.32%. Auto Trader Group has a consensus price target of GBX 637.50, indicating a potential downside of 12.93%. Given Rightmove's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rightmove is more favorable than Auto Trader Group.
Rightmove pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Auto Trader Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Rightmove pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Auto Trader Group pays out 3,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
88.7% of Rightmove shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Auto Trader Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Rightmove shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Auto Trader Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Auto Trader Group had 1 more articles in the media than Rightmove. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Auto Trader Group and 2 mentions for Rightmove. Auto Trader Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Rightmove's score of 0.68 indicating that Auto Trader Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rightmove has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auto Trader Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Auto Trader Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rightmove. Rightmove is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auto Trader Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rightmove and Auto Trader Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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