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
Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) and Rightmove (LON:RMV) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
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.
72.2% of Auto Trader Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Rightmove shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Auto Trader Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Rightmove shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Auto Trader Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 840.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.11%. Rightmove has a consensus target price of GBX 787.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Auto Trader Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Auto Trader Group is more favorable than Rightmove.
Auto Trader Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Rightmove pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Auto Trader Group pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rightmove pays out 37.7% 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 has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rightmove has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Rightmove had 2 more articles in the media than Auto Trader Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rightmove and 2 mentions for Auto Trader Group. Auto Trader Group's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Rightmove's score of 0.40 indicating that Auto Trader Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Rightmove beats Auto Trader Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AUTO) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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