LIKE vs. PMP, CFX, SDG, CHH, HEAD, ULTP, VARE, CTA, MTC, and PODP
Should you be buying Likewise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Likewise Group include Portmeirion Group (PMP), Colefax Group (CFX), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Churchill China (CHH), Headlam Group (HEAD), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Various Eateries (VARE), CT Automotive Group (CTA), Mothercare (MTC), and Pod Point Group (PODP). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Portmeirion Group (LON:PMP) and Likewise Group (LON:LIKE) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Portmeirion Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Likewise Group has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
24.2% of Portmeirion Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.4% of Likewise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 35.9% of Portmeirion Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.5% of Likewise Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Likewise Group has a net margin of -1.06% compared to Likewise Group's net margin of -8.23%. Portmeirion Group's return on equity of -3.60% beat Likewise Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Portmeirion Group had 1 more articles in the media than Likewise Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Portmeirion Group and 0 mentions for Likewise Group. Likewise Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Portmeirion Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Portmeirion Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Likewise Group has higher revenue and earnings than Portmeirion Group. Likewise Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portmeirion Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Portmeirion Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Likewise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Portmeirion Group pays out -983.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Likewise Group pays out -20.0% 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. Portmeirion Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Portmeirion Group received 137 more outperform votes than Likewise Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Portmeirion Group beats Likewise Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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