AUTO vs. RMV, BCG, MONY, GOCO, CNIC, TIG, RTHM, OTMP, BOOM, and NWOR
Should you be buying Auto Trader Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auto Trader Group include Rightmove (RMV), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Mony Group (MONY), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Team Internet Group (TIG), Rhythmone (RTHM), OnTheMarket (OTMP), Audioboom Group (BOOM), and National World (NWOR). These companies are all part of the "internet content & information" industry.
Auto Trader Group vs. Its Competitors
Rightmove (LON:RMV) and Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
111.1% of Rightmove shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Auto Trader Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Rightmove shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Auto Trader Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rightmove currently has a consensus price target of GBX 762.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.89%. Auto Trader Group has a consensus price target of GBX 840.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.64%. Given Auto Trader Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Auto Trader Group is more favorable than Rightmove.
Rightmove pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Auto Trader Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Rightmove pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Auto Trader Group pays out 35.4% 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. Auto Trader Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Auto Trader Group had 3 more articles in the media than Rightmove. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Auto Trader Group and 3 mentions for Rightmove. Rightmove's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Auto Trader Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Rightmove is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rightmove has a net margin of 52.69% compared to Auto Trader Group's net margin of 45.00%. Rightmove's return on equity of 293.54% beat Auto Trader Group's return on equity.
Rightmove has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auto Trader Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Auto Trader Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rightmove. Auto Trader Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rightmove, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rightmove beats Auto Trader Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:AUTO) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
