MAB1 vs. OSB, PAG, PHI, THRG, FSG, BUT, EWI, PCFT, EOT, and HSL
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), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Foresight Group (FSG), Brunner (BUT), Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), and Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
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 risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
OSB Group has a net margin of 46.36% compared to Mortgage Advice Bureau's net margin of 5.66%. Mortgage Advice Bureau's return on equity of 16.63% beat OSB Group's return on equity.
Mortgage Advice Bureau pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Mortgage Advice Bureau pays out 12,173.9% 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 4,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Mortgage Advice Bureau had 2 more articles in the media than OSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mortgage Advice Bureau and 3 mentions for OSB Group. Mortgage Advice Bureau's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat OSB Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Mortgage Advice Bureau is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mortgage Advice Bureau has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSB Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OSB Group received 241 more outperform votes than Mortgage Advice Bureau when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.71% of users gave Mortgage Advice Bureau an outperform vote while only 75.19% of users gave OSB Group an outperform vote.
76.2% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of OSB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Mortgage Advice Bureau shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of OSB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
OSB Group has a consensus price target of GBX 746.67, indicating a potential upside of 98.48%. Given OSB Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OSB Group is more favorable than Mortgage Advice Bureau.
Summary
OSB Group beats Mortgage Advice Bureau on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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