888 vs. RNK, GMR, CARD, YNGA, WIX, MER, HFD, ABDP, ASC, and BOO
Should you be buying 888 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 888 include The Rank Group (RNK), Gaming Realms (GMR), Card Factory (CARD), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Wickes Group (WIX), Mears Group (MER), Halfords Group (HFD), AB Dynamics (ABDP), ASOS (ASC), and boohoo group (BOO). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
The Rank Group (LON:RNK) and 888 (LON:888) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
The Rank Group has a net margin of 2.30% compared to The Rank Group's net margin of -3.30%. 888's return on equity of 4.87% beat The Rank Group's return on equity.
The Rank Group has a beta of 2.46, meaning that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 888 has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
36.1% of The Rank Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of 888 shares are held by institutional investors. 56.2% of The Rank Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.7% of 888 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Rank Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. 888 pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. The Rank Group pays out -4,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 888 pays out -8,461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 888 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, 888 had 1 more articles in the media than The Rank Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for 888 and 1 mentions for The Rank Group. The Rank Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat 888's score of -0.04 indicating that 888 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
888 has a consensus price target of GBX 127.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.80%. Given The Rank Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 888 is more favorable than The Rank Group.
The Rank Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 888. 888 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Rank Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
888 received 393 more outperform votes than The Rank Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.56% of users gave 888 an outperform vote while only 70.74% of users gave The Rank Group an outperform vote.
Summary
888 beats The Rank Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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