FOUR vs. ASCL, YOU, NFG, ZEG, GAMA, MONY, BCG, HTWS, KWS, and SONG
Should you be buying 4imprint Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 4imprint Group include Ascential (ASCL), YouGov (YOU), Next 15 Group (NFG), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Helios Towers (HTWS), Keywords Studios (KWS), and Hipgnosis Songs (SONG). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) and Ascential (LON:ASCL) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, 4imprint Group and 4imprint Group both had 1 articles in the media. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ascential's score of -0.45 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
4imprint Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascential has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.5% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Ascential shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Ascential shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
4imprint Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ascential. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4imprint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, indicating a potential upside of 16.72%. Ascential has a consensus price target of GBX 285, indicating a potential downside of 8.54%. Given 4imprint Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Ascential.
Ascential received 180 more outperform votes than 4imprint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.71% of users gave Ascential an outperform vote while only 72.75% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote.
4imprint Group has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Ascential's net margin of -92.68%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 77.32% beat Ascential's return on equity.
4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 168 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ascential pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 4imprint Group pays out 5,618.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ascential pays out 60,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 4imprint Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
4imprint Group beats Ascential on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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