HVTA vs. PIER, NGHT, COM, HVT, RBG, TAST, CAKE, CPG, GRG, and GNK
Should you be buying Heavitree Brewery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heavitree Brewery include The Brighton Pier Group (PIER), Nightcap (NGHT), Comptoir Group (COM), Heavitree Brewery (HVT), Revolution Bars Group (RBG), Tasty (TAST), Patisserie (CAKE), Compass Group (CPG), Greggs (GRG), and Greene King (GNK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
The Brighton Pier Group (LON:PIER) and Heavitree Brewery (LON:HVTA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, The Brighton Pier Group had 14 more articles in the media than Heavitree Brewery. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for The Brighton Pier Group and 0 mentions for Heavitree Brewery. Heavitree Brewery's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat The Brighton Pier Group's score of 0.00 indicating that The Brighton Pier Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
17.0% of The Brighton Pier Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.1% of The Brighton Pier Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.1% of Heavitree Brewery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Brighton Pier Group received 81 more outperform votes than Heavitree Brewery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave The Brighton Pier Group an outperform vote while only 65.71% of users gave Heavitree Brewery an outperform vote.
Heavitree Brewery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Brighton Pier Group. The Brighton Pier Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heavitree Brewery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Brighton Pier Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heavitree Brewery has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Heavitree Brewery has a net margin of 20.41% compared to Heavitree Brewery's net margin of -21.68%. The Brighton Pier Group's return on equity of 9.37% beat Heavitree Brewery's return on equity.
Summary
The Brighton Pier Group beats Heavitree Brewery on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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