McBride (MCB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MCB or DFS?

McBride has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DFS Furniture. McBride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DFS Furniture, 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
McBride	£938.20M	0.19	£33.16M	£0.23	471.37
DFS Furniture	£986.50M	0.34	-£4.30M	£0.03	4,783.33

Does the media favor MCB or DFS?

In the previous week, McBride had 16 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for McBride and 0 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat McBride's score of -0.02 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
McBride	Neutral
DFS Furniture	Neutral

Is MCB or DFS 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
McBride	3.56%	62.24%	8.54%
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%

Do analysts prefer MCB or DFS?

DFS Furniture has a consensus target price of GBX 233, suggesting a potential upside of 62.37%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than McBride.

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

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

18.7% of McBride shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.3% of McBride shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, MCB or DFS?

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

Summary

DFS Furniture beats McBride on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.