De La Rue (DLAR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BEG or DLAR?

Begbies Traynor Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 176, indicating a potential upside of 66.04%. Given De La Rue'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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Is BEG or DLAR more profitable?

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

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 25.6%. De La Rue pays out -10,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable 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	1.30	£2.91M	N/A	N/A
De La Rue	£346.90M	0.51	-£43.50M	-£0.22	-409.09

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

41.3% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of De La Rue shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BEG or DLAR?

In the previous week, Begbies Traynor Group had 5 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Begbies Traynor Group and 0 mentions for De La Rue. Begbies Traynor Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat De La Rue's score of 0.06 indicating that De La Rue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Begbies Traynor Group	Neutral
De La Rue	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BEG or DLAR?

Begbies Traynor Group has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, De La Rue has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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