ANG vs. STU, SCS, IGR, MRK, PROC, MYSL, WRKS, MTC, KOOV, and PODP
Should you be buying Angling Direct stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Angling Direct include Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), IG Design Group (IGR), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), ProCook Group (PROC), MySale Group (MYSL), TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS), Mothercare (MTC), Koovs (KOOV), and Pod Point Group (PODP). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Angling Direct vs.
Studio Retail Group (LON:STU) and Angling Direct (LON:ANG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Angling Direct received 23 more outperform votes than Studio Retail Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Studio Retail Group an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Angling Direct an outperform vote.
Angling Direct has a net margin of 1.94% compared to Studio Retail Group's net margin of 0.00%. Angling Direct's return on equity of 4.14% beat Studio Retail Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Angling Direct had 3 more articles in the media than Studio Retail Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Angling Direct and 0 mentions for Studio Retail Group. Angling Direct's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Studio Retail Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Angling Direct is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Angling Direct has a consensus target price of GBX 57, suggesting a potential upside of 26.67%. Given Angling Direct's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Angling Direct is more favorable than Studio Retail Group.
71.8% of Angling Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of Angling Direct shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Angling Direct has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Studio Retail Group. Studio Retail Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Angling Direct, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Angling Direct beats Studio Retail Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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