LRE vs. MDC, CCT, EME, PRIM, CCS, GEO, PHM, J, MTH, and ROAD
Should you be buying Lancashire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lancashire include Mediclinic International (MDC), The Character Group (CCT), Empyrean Energy (EME), Primorus Investments (PRIM), Crossword Cybersecurity (CCS), Georgian Mining (GEO), Phimedix Plc (PHM.L) (PHM), Jacobs Engineering Group (J), Mithras Investment Trust (MTH), and Roadside Real Estate (ROAD). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.
Lancashire (LON:LRE) and Mediclinic International (LON:MDC) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Lancashire presently has a consensus price target of GBX 781, indicating a potential upside of 18.69%.
Lancashire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mediclinic International. Mediclinic International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lancashire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lancashire had 1 more articles in the media than Mediclinic International. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lancashire and 0 mentions for Mediclinic International. Lancashire's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Mediclinic International's score of 0.00 indicating that Lancashire is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lancashire has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mediclinic International has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
60.1% of Lancashire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Mediclinic International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lancashire shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.9% of Mediclinic International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lancashire received 115 more outperform votes than Mediclinic International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.33% of users gave Mediclinic International an outperform vote while only 44.53% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
Lancashire has a net margin of 26.72% compared to Mediclinic International's net margin of 4.99%. Lancashire's return on equity of 23.96% beat Mediclinic International's return on equity.
Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Mediclinic International pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Lancashire pays out 1,607.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mediclinic International pays out 1,304.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Lancashire beats Mediclinic International on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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