Gear4music (G4M) Competitors

Gear4music (LON:G4M) and N Brown Group (LON:BWNG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to G4M or BWNG?

In the previous week, N Brown Group had 3 more articles in the media than Gear4music. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for N Brown Group and 0 mentions for Gear4music. Gear4music's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat N Brown Group's score of 0.73 indicating that Gear4music is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gear4music	Positive
N Brown Group	Positive

Do analysts prefer G4M or BWNG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gear4music	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
N Brown Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of G4M or BWNG?

49.6% of Gear4music shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of N Brown Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Gear4music shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 93.2% of N Brown Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer G4M or BWNG?

N Brown Group received 212 more outperform votes than Gear4music when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Gear4music an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave N Brown Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gear4music	Outperform Votes 135 65.85%	Underperform Votes 70 34.15%
N Brown Group	Outperform Votes 347 53.72%	Underperform Votes 299 46.28%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, G4M or BWNG?

Gear4music has higher earnings, but lower revenue than N Brown Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gear4music	£144.38M	0.24	-£1.09M	£0.03	5,416.67
N Brown Group	£600.90M	0.23	-£59.50M	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, G4M or BWNG?

Gear4music has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N Brown Group has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is G4M or BWNG more profitable?

Gear4music has a net margin of 0.45% compared to N Brown Group's net margin of 0.13%. Gear4music's return on equity of 1.72% beat N Brown Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gear4music	0.45%	1.72%	2.15%
N Brown Group	0.13%	0.21%	2.22%

Summary

Gear4music beats N Brown Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.