CPG vs. VOD, AHT, RTO, BT.A, BNZL, WPP, INF, IHG, BRBY, and JD
Should you be buying Compass Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Group include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Ashtead Group (AHT), Rentokil Initial (RTO), BT Group - CLASS A (BT.A), Bunzl (BNZL), WPP (WPP), Informa (INF), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Burberry Group (BRBY), and JD Sports Fashion (JD). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Compass Group vs.
Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) and Compass Group (LON:CPG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Vodafone Group Public has a net margin of 4.51% compared to Compass Group's net margin of 4.36%. Compass Group's return on equity of 20.64% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.
Vodafone Group Public received 1863 more outperform votes than Compass Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.83% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Compass Group an outperform vote.
56.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Compass Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Compass Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Group has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vodafone Group Public currently has a consensus price target of GBX 119.73, indicating a potential upside of 34.33%. Compass Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,987.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.18%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Compass Group.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Group. Vodafone Group Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Vodafone Group Public pays out 13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compass Group pays out 7,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 7 more articles in the media than Compass Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 3 mentions for Compass Group. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of -0.16 beat Compass Group's score of -0.67 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public and Compass Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
Compass Group Competitors List
