FGP vs. MCG, MGNS, CHG, GEN, GEC, MGAM, CKN, REDD, FAN, and JHD
Should you be buying FirstGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstGroup include Mobico Group (MCG), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Chemring Group (CHG), Genuit Group (GEN), General Electric (GEC), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Clarkson (CKN), Redde Northgate (REDD), Volution Group (FAN), and James Halstead (JHD). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mobico Group (LON:MCG) and FirstGroup (LON:FGP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, FirstGroup had 4 more articles in the media than Mobico Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FirstGroup and 1 mentions for Mobico Group. FirstGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Mobico Group's score of 0.46 indicating that Mobico Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mobico Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. FirstGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Mobico Group pays out -625.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstGroup pays out -20,000.0% 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.
FirstGroup received 594 more outperform votes than Mobico Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
FirstGroup has a net margin of 0.69% compared to FirstGroup's net margin of -9.00%. Mobico Group's return on equity of 0.50% beat FirstGroup's return on equity.
70.8% of Mobico Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of FirstGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 27.3% of Mobico Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of FirstGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FirstGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Mobico Group. FirstGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mobico Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mobico Group has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstGroup has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 171, indicating a potential upside of 1.79%. Given Mobico Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstGroup is more favorable than Mobico Group.
Summary
FirstGroup beats Mobico Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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