MLVN vs. CODE, DIS, OGN, DKL, EVST, BAR, UKR, CRL, ZAM, and ASIA
Should you be buying Malvern International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Malvern International include Northcoders Group (CODE), Distil (DIS), Origin Enterprises (OGN), Dekel Agri-Vision (DKL), Everest Global (EVST), Brand Architekts Group (BAR), Ukrproduct Group (UKR), Creightons (CRL), Zambeef Products (ZAM), and Asia Strategic (ASIA). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Malvern International (LON:MLVN) and Northcoders Group (LON:CODE) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.
17.9% of Malvern International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Northcoders Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.7% of Malvern International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.7% of Northcoders Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Malvern International's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northcoders Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Malvern International has a net margin of -1.31% compared to Northcoders Group's net margin of -14.18%. Malvern International's return on equity of 0.00% beat Northcoders Group's return on equity.
Northcoders Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Malvern International. Malvern International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northcoders Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Malvern International received 110 more outperform votes than Northcoders Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Malvern International has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northcoders Group has a beta of -0.47, meaning that its share price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Malvern International beats Northcoders Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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