GRI vs. SOPH, HCM, ITH, INDV, SLS, ERGO, BMY, SLN, AMYT, and GPH
Should you be buying Grainger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grainger include Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), HUTCHMED (HCM), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Indivior (INDV), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), and Global Ports (GPH). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (LON:SOPH) and Grainger (LON:GRI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
Grainger has a consensus price target of GBX 299, suggesting a potential upside of 25.89%. Given Grainger's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grainger is more favorable than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L).
86.5% of Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Grainger shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Grainger's net margin of -0.41%. Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Grainger's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Grainger's score of -0.46 indicating that Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) has higher revenue and earnings than Grainger.
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) pays out 2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Grainger received 244 more outperform votes than Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.19% of users gave Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) an outperform vote while only 78.04% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote.
Summary
Grainger beats Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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