DIS vs. MLVN, BAR, DKL, OGN, EVST, CODE, CRL, ZAM, OHT, and EISB
Should you be buying Distil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Distil include Malvern International (MLVN), Brand Architekts Group (BAR), Dekel Agri-Vision (DKL), Origin Enterprises (OGN), Everest Global (EVST), Northcoders Group (CODE), Creightons (CRL), Zambeef Products (ZAM), Ocean Harvest Technology Group (OHT), and East Imperial (EISB). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Malvern International (LON:MLVN) and Distil (LON:DIS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
17.9% of Malvern International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Distil shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.7% of Malvern International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of Distil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Distil has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Malvern International.
Malvern International received 71 more outperform votes than Distil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.42% of users gave Distil an outperform vote while only 66.27% of users gave Malvern International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Distil had 8 more articles in the media than Malvern International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Distil and 0 mentions for Malvern International. Distil's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Malvern International's score of -0.08 indicating that Malvern International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Malvern International has a net margin of -1.31% compared to Malvern International's net margin of -33.98%. Distil's return on equity of 0.00% beat Malvern International's return on equity.
Malvern International has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Distil has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Malvern International beats Distil on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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