McBride (MCB) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DFS or MCB?

81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of McBride shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of McBride shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to DFS or MCB?

In the previous week, McBride had 19 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for McBride and 0 mentions for DFS Furniture. McBride's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.00 indicating that McBride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DFS Furniture	Neutral
McBride	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, DFS or MCB?

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

Do analysts recommend DFS or MCB?

DFS Furniture presently has a consensus price target of GBX 233, suggesting a potential upside of 47.94%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

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%

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 0.9%. 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 stronger earnings and 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	-84.33
McBride	£930.83M	0.22	£33.16M	£19.57	5.99

Summary

DFS Furniture beats McBride on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.