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Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB) Competitors

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ARBB vs. WIX, YOU, CNIC, SRAD, SLP, NET, GVP, CYN, INSE, and APP

Should you be buying Arbuthnot Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbuthnot Banking Group include Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Netcall (NET), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), Inspired (INSE), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Arbuthnot Banking Group vs. Its Competitors

Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 4.23%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than Arbuthnot Banking Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arbuthnot Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Wickes Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

20.0% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.3% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% 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 5.0%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arbuthnot Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Arbuthnot Banking Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wickes Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arbuthnot Banking Group£239.83M0.63£30.60M£189.024.95
Wickes Group£1.45B0.37£29.25M£12.3718.15

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 12.76% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arbuthnot Banking Group12.76% 12.11% 0.75%
Wickes Group 2.01%19.39%3.77%

In the previous week, Arbuthnot Banking Group had 1 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group and 5 mentions for Wickes Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Arbuthnot Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arbuthnot Banking Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wickes Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Arbuthnot Banking Group beats Wickes Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARBB vs. The Competition

MetricArbuthnot Banking GroupBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£151.47M£18.71B£6.43B£3.02B
Dividend Yield5.03%4.26%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio4.959.2014.08160.81
Price / Sales0.6349.151,734.12278,114.25
Price / Cash0.1214.25128.7027.97
Price / Book0.590.671.964.69
Net Income£30.60M£16.75B£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-5.95%1.30%0.43%0.28%
1 Month Performance0.62%3.83%3.66%8.61%
1 Year Performance-6.42%24.52%23.58%78.50%

Arbuthnot Banking Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 935.80
-0.2%
N/A-2.1%£151.47M£239.83M4.95799Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
WIX
Wickes Group
2.0781 of 5 stars
GBX 221
-0.5%
GBX 215
-2.7%
+57.9%£523.26M£1.45B17.875,930News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
YOU
YouGov
2.8399 of 5 stars
GBX 319
-4.6%
GBX 760
+138.2%
-28.8%£373.28M£335.28M-162.571,820Trending News
Gap Up
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 169
-3.4%
N/A+31.7%£224.52M£306.97M14.522,960
SLP
Sylvania Platinum
2.8194 of 5 stars
GBX 69.20
+0.9%
GBX 93
+34.4%
+25.2%£223.33M£99.97M32.43160News Coverage
Positive News
NET
Netcall
2.0875 of 5 stars
GBX 114.90
+0.3%
GBX 138.33
+20.4%
+30.3%£189.92M£39.16M32.363,220News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GVP
Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap Down
CYN
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
N/AGBX 203.14
-0.4%
N/A+19.8%£127.74M£12.63M14.4440News Coverage
Positive News
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 80.01
-0.6%
N/A+8.1%£127.73M£155.87M73.261,600
APP
Appreciate Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£79.19M£120.97M1,406.671,710

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