CAU vs. SAA, SFOR, PEBB, TMMG, SYS1, TMG, EBQ, NAH, GVMH, and DNM
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), The Mission Group (TMG), Ebiquity (EBQ), NAHL Group (NAH), Grand Vision Media (GVMH), and Dianomi (DNM). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
M&C Saatchi currently has a consensus price target of GBX 201.67, indicating a potential upside of 52.20%. Given M&C Saatchi's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe M&C Saatchi is more favorable than Centaur Media.
In the previous week, M&C Saatchi had 1 more articles in the media than Centaur Media. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for M&C Saatchi and 2 mentions for Centaur Media. Centaur Media's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat M&C Saatchi's score of -0.12 indicating that Centaur Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 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 0.0%. M&C Saatchi pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centaur Media pays out -0.2% 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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 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.
Summary
M&C Saatchi beats Centaur Media on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CAU) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff