BEG vs. DLAR, KEYS, CPI, KGH, SFT, INSE, WATR, RST, FRAN, and JSG
Should you be buying Begbies Traynor Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Begbies Traynor Group include De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Capita (CPI), Knights Group (KGH), Software Circle (SFT), Inspired (INSE), Water Intelligence (WATR), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), and Johnson Service Group (JSG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
De La Rue (LON:DLAR) and Begbies Traynor Group (LON:BEG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Begbies Traynor Group has a consensus target price of GBX 176, suggesting a potential upside of 64.49%. Given De La Rue's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Begbies Traynor Group is more favorable than De La Rue.
De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.4%. Begbies Traynor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. De La Rue pays out -10,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
74.9% of De La Rue shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.7% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Begbies Traynor Group received 40 more outperform votes than De La Rue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.61% of users gave Begbies Traynor Group an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Begbies Traynor Group had 3 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Begbies Traynor Group and 2 mentions for De La Rue. De La Rue's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Begbies Traynor Group's score of 0.22 indicating that Begbies Traynor Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Begbies Traynor Group has a net margin of 0.32% compared to Begbies Traynor Group's net margin of -12.60%. De La Rue's return on equity of 0.50% beat Begbies Traynor Group's return on equity.
De La Rue has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Begbies Traynor Group has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Begbies Traynor Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than De La Rue.
Summary
Begbies Traynor Group beats De La Rue on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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