MAB1 vs. PAG, OSB, FSG, FSFL, NAS, PCFT, CORD, IPO, EWI, and THRG
Should you be buying Mortgage Advice Bureau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mortgage Advice Bureau include Paragon Banking Group (PAG), OSB Group (OSB), Foresight Group (FSG), Foresight Solar (FSFL), North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), IP Group (IPO), Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI), and BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
76.2% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Paragon Banking Group received 492 more outperform votes than Mortgage Advice Bureau when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.79% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote while only 76.71% of users gave Mortgage Advice Bureau an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mortgage Advice Bureau and Mortgage Advice Bureau both had 1 articles in the media. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Mortgage Advice Bureau's score of 0.87 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paragon Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 696.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.19%. Given Paragon Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paragon Banking Group is more favorable than Mortgage Advice Bureau.
Paragon Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mortgage Advice Bureau. Paragon Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mortgage Advice Bureau, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paragon Banking Group has a net margin of 39.13% compared to Mortgage Advice Bureau's net margin of 5.66%. Mortgage Advice Bureau's return on equity of 16.63% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.
Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays out 12,173.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paragon Banking Group pays out 5,606.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paragon Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Paragon Banking Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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