CAU vs. SAA, SFOR, PEBB, TMMG, SYS1, EBQ, NAH, TMG, DNM, and GVMH
Should you be buying Centaur Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centaur Media include M&C Saatchi (SAA), S4 Capital (SFOR), The Pebble Group (PEBB), The Mission Marketing Group (TMMG), System1 Group (SYS1), Ebiquity (EBQ), NAHL Group (NAH), The Mission Group (TMG), Dianomi (DNM), and Grand Vision Media (GVMH). These companies are all part of the "advertising agencies" industry.
Centaur Media vs. Its Competitors
M&C Saatchi (LON:SAA) and Centaur Media (LON:CAU) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.
M&C Saatchi has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centaur Media has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centaur Media has a net margin of 11.76% compared to M&C Saatchi's net margin of 2.43%. M&C Saatchi's return on equity of 34.45% beat Centaur Media's return on equity.
M&C Saatchi has higher revenue and earnings than Centaur Media. Centaur Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&C Saatchi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
M&C Saatchi pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Centaur Media pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. M&C Saatchi pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centaur Media pays out -27.3% 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. Centaur Media is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, M&C Saatchi and M&C Saatchi both had 1 articles in the media. M&C Saatchi's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Centaur Media's score of 0.00 indicating that M&C Saatchi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
18.2% of M&C Saatchi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Centaur Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.2% of M&C Saatchi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Centaur Media shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
M&C Saatchi beats Centaur Media on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CAU) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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