McBride (MCB) Competitors

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

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%

Which has better earnings and valuation, DFS or MCB?

McBride has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
DFS Furniture	£986.50M	0.33	-£4.30M	£0.03	4,650.00
McBride	£926.50M	0.23	£33.16M	£0.23	539.21

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DFS or MCB?

55.9% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of McBride shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.0% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of McBride shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to DFS or MCB?

In the previous week, McBride had 31 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for McBride and 1 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat McBride's score of 0.06 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
McBride	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend DFS or MCB?

DFS Furniture currently has a consensus target price of GBX 233, suggesting a potential upside of 67.03%. McBride has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 55.23%. Given DFS Furniture's higher probable 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, DFS or MCB?

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

Summary

DFS Furniture beats McBride on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.