FSTA vs. LGRS, MARS, YNGN, DPP, YNGA, VCP, MACF, VTU, TUNE, and OTB
Should you be buying Fuller, Smith & Turner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fuller, Smith & Turner include Loungers (LGRS), Marston's (MARS), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), DP Poland (DPP), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Victoria (VCP), Macfarlane Group (MACF), Vertu Motors (VTU), Focusrite (TUNE), and On the Beach Group (OTB). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Loungers (LON:LGRS) and Fuller, Smith & Turner (LON:FSTA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Fuller, Smith & Turner has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Fuller, Smith & Turner's net margin of 2.32%. Fuller, Smith & Turner's return on equity of 5.03% beat Loungers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Loungers had 4 more articles in the media than Fuller, Smith & Turner. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Loungers and 1 mentions for Fuller, Smith & Turner. Loungers' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Fuller, Smith & Turner's score of 0.29 indicating that Fuller, Smith & Turner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fuller, Smith & Turner has higher revenue and earnings than Loungers. Fuller, Smith & Turner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loungers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Loungers has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuller, Smith & Turner has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.5% of Loungers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Fuller, Smith & Turner shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Loungers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Fuller, Smith & Turner shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Loungers presently has a consensus target price of GBX 350, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Given Fuller, Smith & Turner's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Loungers is more favorable than Fuller, Smith & Turner.
Fuller, Smith & Turner received 194 more outperform votes than Loungers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.34% of users gave Loungers an outperform vote while only 66.25% of users gave Fuller, Smith & Turner an outperform vote.
Summary
Loungers beats Fuller, Smith & Turner on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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