MACF vs. HSW, GYM, TUNE, FSTA, MARS, VCP, IGR, OTB, VTU, and VIC
Should you be buying Macfarlane Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macfarlane Group include Hostelworld Group (HSW), The Gym Group (GYM), Focusrite (TUNE), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), Marston's (MARS), Victoria (VCP), IG Design Group (IGR), On the Beach Group (OTB), Vertu Motors (VTU), and Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Hostelworld Group (LON:HSW) and Macfarlane Group (LON:MACF) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Hostelworld Group has a net margin of 5.51% compared to Hostelworld Group's net margin of 5.33%. Hostelworld Group's return on equity of 13.58% beat Macfarlane Group's return on equity.
Macfarlane Group has a consensus price target of GBX 145, suggesting a potential upside of 12.40%. Given Hostelworld Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Macfarlane Group is more favorable than Hostelworld Group.
67.4% of Hostelworld Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of Hostelworld Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by company 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.
Hostelworld Group has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macfarlane Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Macfarlane Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hostelworld Group. Macfarlane Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hostelworld Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hostelworld Group received 113 more outperform votes than Macfarlane Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.52% of users gave Hostelworld Group an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Macfarlane Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Macfarlane Group had 5 more articles in the media than Hostelworld Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Macfarlane Group and 1 mentions for Hostelworld Group. Macfarlane Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Hostelworld Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Hostelworld Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hostelworld Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Macfarlane Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Hostelworld Group pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Macfarlane Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Hostelworld Group and Macfarlane Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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