4imprint Group (FOUR) Competitors

Herald (LON:HRI) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HRI or FOUR?

Herald has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 4imprint Group. Herald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4imprint 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
Herald	£162.63M	6.89	£175.20M	£346.54	6.41
4imprint Group	£1.71B	0.72	£139.98M	£314.05	10.99

Is HRI or FOUR more profitable?

Herald has a net margin of 107.72% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 8.20%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 78.95% beat Herald's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Herald	107.72%	14.78%	9.22%
4imprint Group	8.20%	78.95%	35.62%

Do analysts prefer HRI or FOUR?

4imprint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, suggesting a potential upside of 113.48%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Herald.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Herald	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
4imprint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HRI or FOUR?

31.8% of Herald shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Herald shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, HRI or FOUR?

Herald has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HRI or FOUR?

4imprint Group received 214 more outperform votes than Herald when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote while only 67.76% of users gave Herald an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Herald	Outperform Votes 103 67.76%	Underperform Votes 49 32.24%
4imprint Group	Outperform Votes 317 72.71%	Underperform Votes 119 27.29%

Does the media favor HRI or FOUR?

In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Herald. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 4imprint Group and 0 mentions for Herald. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Herald's score of -1.58 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Herald	Very Negative
4imprint Group	Neutral

Summary

4imprint Group beats Herald on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.