RMV vs. AUTO, MONY, BCG, AAF, ITV, FOUR, ZEG, PSON, ASCL, and GAMA
Should you be buying Rightmove stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rightmove include Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Airtel Africa (AAF), ITV (ITV), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Pearson (PSON), Ascential (ASCL), and Gamma Communications (GAMA). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Rightmove (LON:RMV) and Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Rightmove received 17 more outperform votes than Auto Trader Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.61% of users gave Auto Trader Group an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave Rightmove an outperform vote.
91.1% of Rightmove shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Auto Trader Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Rightmove shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Auto Trader Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Rightmove had 2 more articles in the media than Auto Trader Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Rightmove and 1 mentions for Auto Trader Group. Auto Trader Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Rightmove's score of 0.19 indicating that Auto Trader Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rightmove currently has a consensus price target of GBX 656.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.61%. Auto Trader Group has a consensus price target of GBX 637.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.33%. Given Rightmove's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rightmove is more favorable than Auto Trader Group.
Auto Trader Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rightmove. Rightmove is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auto Trader Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rightmove pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Auto Trader Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Rightmove pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Auto Trader Group pays out 3,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Rightmove has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auto Trader Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rightmove has a net margin of 54.66% compared to Auto Trader Group's net margin of 44.36%. Rightmove's return on equity of 289.63% beat Auto Trader Group's return on equity.
Summary
Rightmove beats Auto Trader Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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