Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1) Competitors GBX 836 +16.00 (+1.95%) As of 05/23/2025 12:30 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock MAB1 vs. PAG, OSB, LINV, SSON, MRC, TEM, BHMG, JAM, LRE, and FEVShould you be buying Mortgage Advice Bureau stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mortgage Advice Bureau include Paragon Banking Group (PAG), OSB Group (OSB), LendInvest (LINV), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), JPMorgan American (JAM), Lancashire (LRE), and Fidelity European Trust (FEV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector. Mortgage Advice Bureau vs. Paragon Banking Group OSB Group LendInvest Smithson Investment Trust The Mercantile Investment Trust Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust BH Macro GBP JPMorgan American Lancashire Fidelity European Trust Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking. Which has more volatility and risk, MAB1 or PAG? Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better earnings & valuation, MAB1 or PAG? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMortgage Advice Bureau£246.27M1.97£10.87M£18.7544.58Paragon Banking Group£738.64M2.43£185.69M£92.659.70 Is MAB1 or PAG more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Mortgage Advice Bureau4.41% 15.33% 5.93% Paragon Banking Group 25.14%14.13%1.09% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MAB1 or PAG? 73.9% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MAB1 or PAG? Paragon Banking Group received 494 more outperform votes than Mortgage Advice Bureau when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.88% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote while only 76.85% of users gave Mortgage Advice Bureau an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMortgage Advice BureauOutperform Votes24976.85% Underperform Votes7523.15% Paragon Banking GroupOutperform Votes74377.88% Underperform Votes21122.12% Is MAB1 or PAG a better dividend stock? Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. Paragon Banking Group pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paragon Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts prefer MAB1 or PAG? Mortgage Advice Bureau presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,150, suggesting a potential upside of 37.56%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 916.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.95%. Given Mortgage Advice Bureau's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mortgage Advice Bureau is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Mortgage Advice Bureau 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Paragon Banking Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media refer more to MAB1 or PAG? In the previous week, Mortgage Advice Bureau had 2 more articles in the media than Paragon Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mortgage Advice Bureau and 2 mentions for Paragon Banking Group. Mortgage Advice Bureau's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Paragon Banking Group's score of 0.50 indicating that Mortgage Advice Bureau is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Mortgage Advice Bureau 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Paragon Banking Group 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryParagon Banking Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 12 of the 19 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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 MAB1 vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMortgage Advice BureauMortgage Finance IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£484.52M£716.54M£5.29B£2.66BDividend Yield3.13%7.03%4.13%4.79%P/E Ratio44.588.7712.82135.59Price / Sales1.9758.891,679.50224,602.93Price / Cash4.1226.1949.8328.30Price / Book6.711.811.353.89Net Income£10.87M£78.23M£1.16B£5.94B7 Day Performance-0.48%-0.53%-0.04%3.64%1 Month Performance4.24%2.46%10.21%24.61%1 Year Performance-4.78%14.55%12.22%29.34% Mortgage Advice Bureau Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MAB1Mortgage Advice Bureau3.5452 of 5 starsGBX 836+2.0%GBX 1,150+37.6%-4.8%£484.52M£246.27M44.581,001News CoverageAnalyst ForecastPAGParagon Banking Group2.5673 of 5 starsGBX 885.50-2.5%GBX 916.50+3.5%+17.0%£1.77B£738.64M9.5626,500Dividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastOSBOSB Group2.9526 of 5 starsGBX 478.80-1.1%GBX 590+23.2%+1.7%£1.77B£1.36B4.772,459LINVLendInvestN/AGBX 30-3.2%N/A+4.4%£42.09M£43.43M-2.07229Gap DownSSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,490-0.5%N/A+2.5%£1.90B£-13,481,214.92-44.51N/ANews CoverageMRCThe Mercantile Investment TrustN/AGBX 252.50-1.0%N/A+2.7%£1.87B£415.73M4.752,800News CoveragePositive NewsTEMTempleton Emerging Markets Investment TrustN/AGBX 174.80-0.1%N/A+7.0%£1.83B£160.96M14.02N/ABHMGBH Macro GBPN/AGBX 392.50-0.5%N/A+8.9%£1.81B£35.67M42.39N/AJAMJPMorgan AmericanN/AGBX 997-0.9%N/A-1.2%£1.81B£431.16M4.32N/APositive NewsLRELancashireN/AGBX 595-0.5%GBX 770+29.4%-4.3%£1.79B£536.12M11.34393Positive NewsFEVFidelity European TrustN/AGBX 413flatN/A+0.0%£1.70B£221.98M8.19N/ANews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Paragon Banking Group Competitors OSB Group Competitors LendInvest Competitors Smithson Investment Trust Competitors The Mercantile Investment Trust Competitors Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust Competitors BH Macro GBP Competitors JPMorgan American Competitors Lancashire Competitors Fidelity European Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:MAB1) was last updated on 5/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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