BCG vs. COB, BUR, TRST, BOY, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, IES, and RM
Should you be buying Baltic Classifieds Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baltic Classifieds Group include Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), DFS Furniture (DFS), McBride (MCB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), and RM (RM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Baltic Classifieds Group vs. Its Competitors
Baltic Classifieds Group (LON:BCG) and Cobham (LON:COB) are both mid-cap banking companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Baltic Classifieds Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cobham. Cobham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baltic Classifieds Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cobham had 2 more articles in the media than Baltic Classifieds Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cobham and 3 mentions for Baltic Classifieds Group. Baltic Classifieds Group's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Cobham's score of -0.09 indicating that Baltic Classifieds Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Baltic Classifieds Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 350, suggesting a potential downside of 3.31%. Given Cobham's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cobham is more favorable than Baltic Classifieds Group.
68.8% of Baltic Classifieds Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Baltic Classifieds Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Baltic Classifieds Group has a net margin of 49.16% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. Baltic Classifieds Group's return on equity of 11.55% beat Cobham's return on equity.
Summary
Baltic Classifieds Group beats Cobham on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BCG) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
