MAB1 vs. OSB, PAG, LINV, TEM, SSON, MRC, JAM, BHMG, RAT, and LRE
Should you be buying Mortgage Advice Bureau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mortgage Advice Bureau include OSB Group (OSB), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), LendInvest (LINV), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), JPMorgan American (JAM), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Rathbones Group (RAT), and Lancashire (LRE). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Mortgage Advice Bureau vs. Its Competitors
Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) and OSB Group (LON:OSB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
OSB Group has a net margin of 27.26% compared to Mortgage Advice Bureau's net margin of 4.41%. OSB Group's return on equity of 18.78% beat Mortgage Advice Bureau's return on equity.
73.9% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of OSB Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of OSB Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays out 149.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OSB Group pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSB Group has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mortgage Advice Bureau presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,150, indicating a potential upside of 31.28%. OSB Group has a consensus target price of GBX 580, indicating a potential upside of 10.27%. Given Mortgage Advice Bureau's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mortgage Advice Bureau is more favorable than OSB Group.
OSB Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mortgage Advice Bureau. OSB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mortgage Advice Bureau, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mortgage Advice Bureau had 5 more articles in the media than OSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mortgage Advice Bureau and 1 mentions for OSB Group. Mortgage Advice Bureau's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat OSB Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mortgage Advice Bureau is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
OSB Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Mortgage Advice Bureau News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MAB1 and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MAB1 and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Mortgage Advice Bureau Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:MAB1) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff