FirstGroup (FGP) Competitors GBX 164.11 +10.01 (+6.50%) (As of 12:43 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades FGP vs. GOG, NEX, MCG, ROL, RS1, IDS, SIG, BBA, ROR, and BABShould you be buying FirstGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstGroup include The Go-Ahead Group (GOG), National Express Group (NEX), Mobico Group (MCG), Rotala (ROL), RS Group (RS1), International Distributions Services (IDS), Signature Aviation (SIG), BBA Aviation (BBA), Rotork (ROR), and Babcock International Group (BAB). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector. FirstGroup vs. The Go-Ahead Group National Express Group Mobico Group Rotala RS Group International Distributions Services Signature Aviation BBA Aviation Rotork Babcock International Group The Go-Ahead Group (LON:GOG) and FirstGroup (LON:FGP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership. Does the media prefer GOG or FGP? In the previous week, FirstGroup had 6 more articles in the media than The Go-Ahead Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FirstGroup and 0 mentions for The Go-Ahead Group. The Go-Ahead Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat FirstGroup's score of 0.44 indicating that The Go-Ahead Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment The Go-Ahead Group Positive FirstGroup Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GOG or FGP? FirstGroup received 60 more outperform votes than The Go-Ahead Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.46% of users gave The Go-Ahead Group an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave FirstGroup an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformThe Go-Ahead GroupOutperform Votes53676.46% Underperform Votes16523.54% FirstGroupOutperform Votes59662.74% Underperform Votes35437.26% Is GOG or FGP more profitable? The Go-Ahead Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to FirstGroup's net margin of -0.34%. The Go-Ahead Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat FirstGroup's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets The Go-Ahead GroupN/A N/A N/A FirstGroup -0.34%-0.53%2.38% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GOG or FGP? The Go-Ahead Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstGroup. FirstGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Go-Ahead Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioThe Go-Ahead Group£3.79B0.18N/A-£106.20-14.56FirstGroup£4.72B0.21-£10.20M-£0.02-8,170.00 Do analysts prefer GOG or FGP? FirstGroup has a consensus target price of GBX 202.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.93%. Given FirstGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstGroup is more favorable than The Go-Ahead Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score The Go-Ahead Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00FirstGroup 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GOG or FGP? 100.1% of FirstGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of FirstGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryFirstGroup beats The Go-Ahead Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 FGP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFirstGroupRailroads IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£981.87M£18.24B£3.91B£1.42BDividend Yield3.91%3.62%4.39%11.72%P/E Ratio-8,170.0012.54523.321,572.01Price / Sales0.2110.42435.38326,745.25Price / Cash1.11121.3929.9832.93Price / Book1.622.193.592.88Net Income-£10.20M£956.00M£178.19M£152.61M7 Day Performance7.08%-0.03%4.91%4.39%1 Month Performance19.36%-1.80%0.22%19.67%1 Year Performance-2.51%-2.05%31.65%20.22% FirstGroup Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FGPFirstGroup2.0937 of 5 starsGBX 164.11+6.5%GBX 202.50+23.4%-8.1%£986.16M£4.72B-8,205.6531,477News CoverageGap UpGOGThe Go-Ahead GroupN/AGBX 1,546flatN/A+0.0%£667.52M£3.79B-14.5627,000Positive NewsNEXNational Express GroupN/AGBX 108.30-1.7%N/A+0.0%£665.06M£2.81B-270.7546,200MCGMobico Group0.7133 of 5 starsGBX 89.45+0.4%GBX 68-24.0%+29.2%£549.30M£3.24B-383.484,300High Trading VolumeROLRotalaN/AGBX 63flatN/A+3.3%£19.54M£98.52M-3,150.0017,500RS1RS Group1.0444 of 5 starsGBX 722.56-1.1%GBX 840+16.3%-9.8%£3.42B£2.94B1,873.086,500IDSInternational Distributions Services0.6781 of 5 starsGBX 356.83+0.1%GBX 268-24.9%+46.2%£3.42B£12.68B5,950.00160,980SIGSignature AviationN/AGBX 396flatN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900BBABBA AviationN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£2.59B31.805,973RORRotork1.2275 of 5 starsGBX 332.12+0.2%GBX 375+12.9%+4.1%£2.82B£745.89M2,367.143,342BABBabcock International Group1.3674 of 5 starsGBX 501.04-3.9%GBX 616.67+23.1%+25.5%£2.53B£4.39B1,629.6926,115 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GOG Competitors NEX Competitors MCG Competitors ROL Competitors RS1 Competitors IDS Competitors SIG Competitors BBA Competitors ROR Competitors BAB Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:FGP) was last updated on 12/10/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBuffett’s Selling Out: Is Your 401(k) About to Get Wiped Out?Let me share something important with you. 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