CODE vs. MLVN, CRL, ZAM, DKL, BAR, OHT, DIS, OGN, VINO, and RE
Should you be buying Northcoders Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northcoders Group include Malvern International (MLVN), Creightons (CRL), Zambeef Products (ZAM), Dekel Agri-Vision (DKL), Brand Architekts Group (BAR), Ocean Harvest Technology Group (OHT), Distil (DIS), Origin Enterprises (OGN), Virgin Wines UK (VINO), and R.E.A. (RE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Malvern International (LON:MLVN) and Northcoders Group (LON:CODE) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Northcoders Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Malvern International'saverage media sentiment score.
Northcoders Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Malvern International. Northcoders Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Malvern International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northcoders Group has a net margin of -1.27% compared to Northcoders Group's net margin of -1.31%. Northcoders Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Malvern International's return on equity.
17.9% of Malvern International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Northcoders Group shares are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of Malvern International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.7% of Northcoders Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Malvern International received 110 more outperform votes than Northcoders Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Malvern International has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northcoders Group has a beta of -0.48, indicating that its share price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Malvern International beats Northcoders Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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