DLAR vs. BEG, KEYS, CPI, KGH, INSE, SFT, WATR, RST, FRAN, and JSG
Should you be buying De La Rue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of De La Rue include Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Capita (CPI), Knights Group (KGH), Inspired (INSE), Software Circle (SFT), Water Intelligence (WATR), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), and Johnson Service Group (JSG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Begbies Traynor Group (LON:BEG) and De La Rue (LON:DLAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Begbies Traynor Group received 40 more outperform votes than De La Rue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.61% of users gave Begbies Traynor Group an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.
43.5% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of De La Rue shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of De La Rue shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Begbies Traynor Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 176, suggesting a potential upside of 59.19%. Given De La Rue's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Begbies Traynor Group is more favorable than De La Rue.
Begbies Traynor Group has a net margin of 0.32% compared to Begbies Traynor Group's net margin of -12.60%. De La Rue's return on equity of 0.50% beat Begbies Traynor Group's return on equity.
Begbies Traynor Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than De La Rue.
Begbies Traynor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 28.2%. De La Rue pays out -10,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Begbies Traynor Group had 1 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Begbies Traynor Group and 0 mentions for De La Rue. De La Rue's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Begbies Traynor Group's score of -0.69 indicating that Begbies Traynor Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Begbies Traynor Group has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, De La Rue has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Begbies Traynor Group beats De La Rue on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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