MTC vs. PODP, PROC, ANG, WRKS, IGR, PMP, SOS, G4M, VARE, and ADF
Should you be buying Mothercare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mothercare include Pod Point Group (PODP), ProCook Group (PROC), Angling Direct (ANG), TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS), IG Design Group (IGR), Portmeirion Group (PMP), Sosandar (SOS), Gear4music (G4M), Various Eateries (VARE), and Facilities by ADF (ADF). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Mothercare (LON:MTC) and Pod Point Group (LON:PODP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Pod Point Group has a consensus price target of GBX 85, indicating a potential upside of 286.36%. Given Pod Point Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pod Point Group is more favorable than Mothercare.
Mothercare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pod Point Group.
Mothercare has a net margin of 1.89% compared to Pod Point Group's net margin of -130.83%. Mothercare's return on equity of 0.00% beat Pod Point Group's return on equity.
38.2% of Mothercare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.8% of Pod Point Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.6% of Mothercare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.7% of Pod Point Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mothercare received 387 more outperform votes than Pod Point Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Pod Point Group an outperform vote while only 62.66% of users gave Mothercare an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mothercare had 1 more articles in the media than Pod Point Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mothercare and 0 mentions for Pod Point Group. Mothercare's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pod Point Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Mothercare has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pod Point Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mothercare beats Pod Point Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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