MAB1 vs. PAG, LINV, OSB, BOCH, LRE, PNL, FCSS, WTAN, PIN, and WWH
Should you be buying Mortgage Advice Bureau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mortgage Advice Bureau include Paragon Banking Group (PAG), LendInvest (LINV), OSB Group (OSB), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Lancashire (LRE), Personal Assets (PNL), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Pantheon International (PIN), and Worldwide Healthcare (WWH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Mortgage Advice Bureau vs. Its Competitors
Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) and Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Paragon Banking Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 991.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.78%. Mortgage Advice Bureau has a consensus target price of GBX 1,150, suggesting a potential upside of 67.15%. Given Mortgage Advice Bureau's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mortgage Advice Bureau is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.
In the previous week, Paragon Banking Group and Paragon Banking Group both had 1 articles in the media. Mortgage Advice Bureau's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Paragon Banking Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Mortgage Advice Bureau is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Paragon Banking Group pays out 41.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays out 86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paragon Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
65.7% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Paragon Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mortgage Advice Bureau. Paragon Banking 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.
Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paragon Banking Group has a net margin of 25.14% compared to Mortgage Advice Bureau's net margin of 4.41%. Mortgage Advice Bureau's return on equity of 15.33% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.
Summary
Paragon Banking Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:MAB1) was last updated on 10/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
