CODE vs. MLVN, CRL, BAR, ZAM, DKL, DIS, OHT, OGN, VINO, and ART
Should you be buying Northcoders Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northcoders Group include Malvern International (MLVN), Creightons (CRL), Brand Architekts Group (BAR), Zambeef Products (ZAM), Dekel Agri-Vision (DKL), Distil (DIS), Ocean Harvest Technology Group (OHT), Origin Enterprises (OGN), Virgin Wines UK (VINO), and Artisanal Spirits (ART). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Malvern International (LON:MLVN) and Northcoders Group (LON:CODE) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Northcoders Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Malvern International'saverage media sentiment score.
17.9% of Malvern International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Northcoders Group shares are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of Malvern International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.7% of Northcoders Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Northcoders Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Malvern International. Malvern International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northcoders Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Malvern International has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northcoders Group has a beta of -0.48, suggesting that its share price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Malvern International received 110 more outperform votes than Northcoders Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Malvern International has a net margin of -1.31% compared to Malvern International's net margin of -14.18%. Northcoders Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Malvern International's return on equity.
Summary
Malvern International beats Northcoders Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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