Ebiquity (EBQ) Competitors

Ebiquity (LON:EBQ) and The Pebble Group (LON:PEBB) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer EBQ or PEBB?

The Pebble Group has a consensus target price of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 117.39%. Given The Pebble Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Pebble Group is more favorable than Ebiquity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ebiquity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
The Pebble Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer EBQ or PEBB?

In the previous week, Ebiquity had 1 more articles in the media than The Pebble Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ebiquity and 0 mentions for The Pebble Group. Ebiquity's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat The Pebble Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ebiquity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ebiquity	Positive
The Pebble Group	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EBQ or PEBB?

79.5% of Ebiquity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of The Pebble Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of Ebiquity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of The Pebble Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, EBQ or PEBB?

Ebiquity has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Pebble Group has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EBQ or PEBB?

Ebiquity received 196 more outperform votes than The Pebble Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.48% of users gave The Pebble Group an outperform vote while only 72.45% of users gave Ebiquity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ebiquity	Outperform Votes 234 72.45%	Underperform Votes 89 27.55%
The Pebble Group	Outperform Votes 38 90.48%	Underperform Votes 4 9.52%

Which has better earnings & valuation, EBQ or PEBB?

The Pebble Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ebiquity. Ebiquity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Pebble Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ebiquity	£73.02M	0.44	-£5.68M	-£4.49	-5.57
The Pebble Group	£119.97M	0.63	£5.68M	£3.41	13.47

Is EBQ or PEBB a better dividend stock?

Ebiquity pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. The Pebble Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ebiquity pays out -22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Pebble Group pays out 29.3% 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. Ebiquity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is EBQ or PEBB more profitable?

The Pebble Group has a net margin of 4.74% compared to Ebiquity's net margin of -7.77%. The Pebble Group's return on equity of 6.55% beat Ebiquity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ebiquity	-7.77%	-14.87%	1.64%
The Pebble Group	4.74%	6.55%	3.90%

Summary

The Pebble Group beats Ebiquity on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.