MAB1 vs. OSB, PAG, LINV, BHMG, SSON, LRE, QLT, AJB, TEM, and MRC
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), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Lancashire (LRE), Quilter (QLT), AJ Bell (AJB), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), and The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Mortgage Advice Bureau vs.
OSB Group (LON:OSB) and Mortgage Advice Bureau (LON:MAB1) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. OSB Group pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
OSB Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 590, indicating a potential upside of 22.66%. Mortgage Advice Bureau has a consensus target price of GBX 1,150, indicating a potential upside of 32.18%. Given Mortgage Advice Bureau's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mortgage Advice Bureau is more favorable than OSB Group.
OSB Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
OSB Group received 246 more outperform votes than Mortgage Advice Bureau when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.78% of users gave Mortgage Advice Bureau an outperform vote while only 75.42% of users gave OSB Group an outperform vote.
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.
67.9% of OSB Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of OSB Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, OSB Group had 2 more articles in the media than Mortgage Advice Bureau. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for OSB Group and 3 mentions for Mortgage Advice Bureau. Mortgage Advice Bureau's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat OSB Group's score of 0.25 indicating that Mortgage Advice Bureau is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
OSB Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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