BCA Marketplace (BCA) Competitors

IWG (LON:IWG) and BCA Marketplace (LON:BCA) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IWG or BCA?

43.4% of IWG shares are held by institutional investors. 28.9% of IWG shares are held 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.

Is IWG or BCA more profitable?

BCA Marketplace has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IWG's net margin of -4.25%. BCA Marketplace's return on equity of 0.00% beat IWG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IWG	-4.25%	-44.81%	1.38%
BCA Marketplace	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor IWG or BCA?

In the previous week, IWG's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat BCA Marketplace's score of 0.00 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IWG	Positive
BCA Marketplace	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IWG or BCA?

BCA Marketplace has higher revenue and earnings than IWG. IWG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCA Marketplace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IWG	£2.75 billion	0.56	-£118 million	-£0.12	-1,277.50
BCA Marketplace	£3.03 billion	0.61	N/A	£8.60	27.47

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IWG or BCA?

IWG received 28 more outperform votes than BCA Marketplace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.06% of users gave BCA Marketplace an outperform vote while only 62.25% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IWG	Outperform Votes 249 62.25%	Underperform Votes 151 37.75%
BCA Marketplace	Outperform Votes 221 71.06%	Underperform Votes 90 28.94%

Do analysts prefer IWG or BCA?

IWG presently has a consensus price target of GBX 225, indicating a potential upside of 46.77%. Given IWG's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe IWG is more favorable than BCA Marketplace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IWG	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
BCA Marketplace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

IWG and BCA Marketplace tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.