FERG vs. PLUS, MRC, TOT, ARW, GMS, SAG, JPEI, SNX, NAH, and ASH
Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include Plus500 (PLUS), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Total Produce (TOT), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), Science Group (SAG), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Synectics (SNX), NAHL Group (NAH), and Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Ferguson vs.
Plus500 (LON:PLUS) and Ferguson (LON:FERG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
51.2% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Plus500 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ferguson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Plus500 received 18 more outperform votes than Ferguson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.84% of users gave Plus500 an outperform vote while only 66.53% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote.
Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Plus500. Plus500 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferguson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plus500 has a net margin of 36.45% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.68%. Plus500's return on equity of 39.06% beat Ferguson's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 26 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ferguson and 1 mentions for Plus500. Plus500's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Ferguson's score of 0.00 indicating that Plus500 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Plus500 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,782, indicating a potential downside of 18.03%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plus500 is more favorable than Ferguson.
Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of GBX 236 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Plus500 pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferguson pays out 35.1% 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. Plus500 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Plus500 beats Ferguson on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FERG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
