LDSG vs. COA, HEIQ, AIEA, AUTG, MMAG, QUIZ, BHRD, NGHT, COM, and WEB
Should you be buying Leeds Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leeds Group include Coats Group (COA), HeiQ (HEIQ), AIREA (AIEA), Autins Group (AUTG), musicMagpie (MMAG), QUIZ (QUIZ), Be Heard Group plc (BHRD.L) (BHRD), Nightcap (NGHT), Comptoir Group (COM), and Webis (WEB). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Coats Group (LON:COA) and Leeds Group (LON:LDSG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
75.9% of Coats Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Leeds Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coats Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.9% of Leeds Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Coats Group has a net margin of 4.05% compared to Coats Group's net margin of -29.09%. Leeds Group's return on equity of 16.26% beat Coats Group's return on equity.
Coats Group received 262 more outperform votes than Leeds Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.87% of users gave Coats Group an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Leeds Group an outperform vote.
Coats Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leeds Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Coats Group had 24 more articles in the media than Leeds Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Coats Group and 0 mentions for Leeds Group. Leeds Group's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Coats Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Coats Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coats Group has higher revenue and earnings than Leeds Group. Leeds Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coats Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coats Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Given Leeds Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coats Group is more favorable than Leeds Group.
Summary
Coats Group beats Leeds Group on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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