ARBB vs. DOCS, WIX, YOU, CNIC, NET, SRAD, GVP, SLP, CYN, and INSE
Should you be buying Arbuthnot Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbuthnot Banking Group include Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Netcall (NET), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Arbuthnot Banking Group vs.
Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) and Dr. Martens (LON:DOCS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Dr. Martens has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Dr. Martens pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dr. Martens pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Dr. Martens had 3 more articles in the media than Arbuthnot Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Dr. Martens and 0 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Dr. Martens' score of -0.19 indicating that Arbuthnot Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dr. Martens has higher revenue and earnings than Arbuthnot Banking Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dr. Martens, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 12.76% compared to Dr. Martens' net margin of 7.89%. Dr. Martens' return on equity of 18.91% beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity.
Dr. Martens has a consensus target price of GBX 6,000, indicating a potential upside of 10,566.67%. Given Dr. Martens' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dr. Martens is more favorable than Arbuthnot Banking Group.
20.0% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Dr. Martens shares are held by institutional investors. 64.3% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Dr. Martens shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Arbuthnot Banking Group received 125 more outperform votes than Dr. Martens when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Dr. Martens an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Arbuthnot Banking Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Dr. Martens beats Arbuthnot Banking Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ARBB) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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