FRAN vs. RST, CPI, JSG, KEYS, BEG, DLAR, KGH, RWS, MCG, and AFM
Should you be buying Franchise Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franchise Brands include Restore (RST), Capita (CPI), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), De La Rue (DLAR), Knights Group (KGH), RWS (RWS), Mobico Group (MCG), and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) and Restore (LON:RST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Franchise Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Franchise Brands pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Restore pays out -2,173.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restore is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Restore has a consensus price target of GBX 443.33, suggesting a potential upside of 98.01%. Given Restore's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Restore is more favorable than Franchise Brands.
Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restore has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Franchise Brands has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Restore's net margin of -11.08%. Franchise Brands' return on equity of 1.19% beat Restore's return on equity.
Restore received 199 more outperform votes than Franchise Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.63% of users gave Restore an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Franchise Brands an outperform vote.
Franchise Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Restore. Restore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franchise Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
38.8% of Franchise Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Restore shares are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of Franchise Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Restore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 24 more articles in the media than Restore. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Franchise Brands and 2 mentions for Restore. Restore's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Franchise Brands' score of 0.19 indicating that Restore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Restore beats Franchise Brands on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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