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Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY) Competitors

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GBX 491 +1.00 (+0.20%)
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BMY vs. SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, OGN, GPH, IGC, AURA, ARTL, and PHAR

Should you be buying Bloomsbury Publishing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomsbury Publishing include Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Origin Enterprises (OGN), Global Ports (GPH), India Capital Growth (IGC), Aura Energy (AURA), Alpha Real Trust (ARTL), and Pharos Energy (PHAR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Bloomsbury Publishing vs. Its Competitors

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) and Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SLS) are both small-cap pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation and dividends.

70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bloomsbury Publishing has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bloomsbury Publishing£382.40M1.04£37.37M£46.7410.50
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust£222.48M0.00N/A£217.40N/A

Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.77% compared to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 18.62% beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bloomsbury Publishing9.77% 18.62% 7.82%
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust N/A N/A N/A

Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% 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.

In the previous week, Bloomsbury Publishing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bloomsbury Publishing Neutral
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust Neutral

Bloomsbury Publishing presently has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 68.02%. Given Bloomsbury Publishing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bloomsbury Publishing is more favorable than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bloomsbury Publishing
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Bloomsbury Publishing beats Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BMY vs. The Competition

MetricBloomsbury PublishingPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£396.20M£1.37B£3.42B£2.96B
Dividend Yield2.29%7.09%6.84%5.02%
P/E Ratio10.509.7221.76148.22
Price / Sales1.0474.72113.24277,425.18
Price / Cash8.9115.7116.6527.97
Price / Book1.971.344.275.28
Net Income£37.37M£59.19M£147.76M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-3.91%0.34%2.39%0.11%
1 Month Performance-5.76%1.04%6.40%4.65%
1 Year Performance-24.15%6.39%18.10%80.39%

Bloomsbury Publishing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing
2.7612 of 5 stars
GBX 491
+0.2%
GBX 825
+68.0%
-23.2%£396.20M£382.40M10.5034,300
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710
ERGO
Ergomed
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.00M£152.09M4,641.386
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£480.35M£11.35M-11.01100High Trading Volume
AMYT
Amryt Pharma
N/AN/AN/AN/A£457.11M£210.24M-4.33290Gap Down
OGN
Origin Enterprises
N/AGBX 3.68
flat
N/A+19.0%£388.03M£183.08B10.6310,000Dividend Increase
GPH
Global Ports
N/AN/AN/AN/A£231.21M£193.58M30,000.0020
IGC
India Capital Growth
N/AGBX 176
+1.1%
N/A-3.6%£151.96M£46.21M3.5561Positive News
AURA
Aura Energy
N/AGBX 8.14
+1.8%
N/A+12.2%£146.30MN/A-17,843.0550
ARTL
Alpha Real Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£113.12M£8.46M96.445Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PHAR
Pharos Energy
N/AGBX 21
+2.4%
N/A-4.8%£104.76M£196.07M-2.23280Insider Trade

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