Majedie Investments (MAJE) Competitors

Foresight Group (LON:FSG) and Majedie Investments (LON:MAJE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FSG or MAJE?

42.8% of Foresight Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.3% of Majedie Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.3% of Foresight Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.7% of Majedie Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FSG or MAJE?

Majedie Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Foresight Group. Majedie Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Foresight Group	£136.55M	3.92	£25.54M	£22.09	21.07
Majedie Investments	£24.24M	5.23	£27.52M	£51.84	4.61

Do analysts rate FSG or MAJE?

Foresight Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 580, indicating a potential upside of 24.60%. Given Foresight Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than Majedie Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foresight Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Majedie Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor FSG or MAJE?

In the previous week, Foresight Group had 3 more articles in the media than Majedie Investments. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Foresight Group and 1 mentions for Majedie Investments. Foresight Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Majedie Investments' score of 0.67 indicating that Foresight Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Foresight Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Majedie Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FSG or MAJE?

Foresight Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Majedie Investments has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSG or MAJE a better dividend stock?

Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Majedie Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Foresight Group pays out 140.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Majedie Investments pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is FSG or MAJE more profitable?

Majedie Investments has a net margin of 113.54% compared to Foresight Group's net margin of 18.70%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 32.24% beat Majedie Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight Group	18.70%	32.24%	15.09%
Majedie Investments	113.54%	18.67%	6.25%

Summary

Foresight Group beats Majedie Investments on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.