Begbies Traynor Group (BEG) Competitors

Begbies Traynor Group (LON:BEG) and De La Rue (LON:DLAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is BEG or DLAR more profitable?

Begbies Traynor Group has a net margin of 0.32% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -12.60%. Begbies Traynor Group's return on equity of 0.50% beat De La Rue's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Begbies Traynor Group	0.32%	0.50%	5.65%
De La Rue	-12.60%	-95.30%	4.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BEG or DLAR?

Begbies Traynor Group received 40 more outperform votes than De La Rue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.61% of users gave Begbies Traynor Group an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Begbies Traynor Group	Outperform Votes 220 72.61%	Underperform Votes 83 27.39%
De La Rue	Outperform Votes 180 64.98%	Underperform Votes 97 35.02%

Does the media prefer BEG or DLAR?

In the previous week, Begbies Traynor Group had 4 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Begbies Traynor Group and 2 mentions for De La Rue. De La Rue's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Begbies Traynor Group's score of -0.10 indicating that De La Rue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Begbies Traynor Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
De La Rue	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BEG or DLAR?

Begbies Traynor Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 176, indicating a potential upside of 67.62%. Given Begbies Traynor Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Begbies Traynor Group is more favorable than De La Rue.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Begbies Traynor Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
De La Rue	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, BEG or DLAR?

Begbies Traynor Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than De La Rue.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Begbies Traynor Group	£129.23M	1.28	£2.91M	N/A	N/A
De La Rue	£346.90M	0.51	-£43.50M	-£0.22	-407.27

Which has more volatility & risk, BEG or DLAR?

Begbies Traynor Group has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, De La Rue has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BEG or DLAR?

42.7% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of De La Rue shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.7% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BEG or DLAR a better dividend stock?

Begbies Traynor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.7%. De La Rue pays out -10,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Begbies Traynor Group beats De La Rue on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.