McBride (MCB) Competitors

DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) and McBride (LON:MCB) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer DFS or MCB?

DFS Furniture presently has a consensus target price of GBX 233, indicating a potential upside of 46.54%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than McBride.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
McBride	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer DFS or MCB?

In the previous week, McBride had 20 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for McBride and 2 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat McBride's score of 0.11 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DFS Furniture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
McBride	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DFS or MCB?

McBride has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McBride, 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
DFS Furniture	£964.48M	0.38	-£4.30M	-£1.87	-85.14
McBride	£930.83M	0.23	£33.16M	£19.57	6.37

Is DFS or MCB more profitable?

McBride has a net margin of 3.56% compared to DFS Furniture's net margin of -0.45%. McBride's return on equity of 62.24% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%
McBride	3.56%	62.24%	8.54%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DFS or MCB?

81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of McBride shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of McBride shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DFS or MCB a better dividend stock?

DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. DFS Furniture pays out -214.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McBride pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. DFS Furniture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, DFS or MCB?

DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McBride has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DFS Furniture beats McBride on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.