ESP vs. SPI, RTN, IPF, APH, MSI, SGM, BERI, MCP, AMAT, and INSG
Should you be buying Empiric Student Property stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empiric Student Property include Spire Healthcare Group (SPI), The Restaurant Group (RTN), International Personal Finance (IPF), Alliance Pharma (APH), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), and Insig AI (INSG). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Empiric Student Property vs. Its Competitors
Spire Healthcare Group (LON:SPI) and Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
40.6% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 39.2% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Empiric Student Property 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.
Empiric Student Property has a net margin of 65.69% compared to Spire Healthcare Group's net margin of 1.96%. Empiric Student Property's return on equity of 7.23% beat Spire Healthcare Group's return on equity.
Empiric Student Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spire Healthcare Group. Empiric Student Property is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spire Healthcare Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spire Healthcare Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Spire Healthcare Group pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empiric Student Property pays out 0.9% 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.
Spire Healthcare Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Spire Healthcare Group and Spire Healthcare Group both had 2 articles in the media. Spire Healthcare Group's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Empiric Student Property's score of -0.98 indicating that Spire Healthcare Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spire Healthcare Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 294.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.64%. Given Spire Healthcare Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Spire Healthcare Group is more favorable than Empiric Student Property.
Summary
Spire Healthcare Group beats Empiric Student Property on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Empiric Student Property News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ESP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ESP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia 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.
Skip Chart
Empiric Student Property Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:ESP) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff