McBride (MCB) Competitors GBX 159 +0.60 (+0.38%) As of 07/11/2025 12:47 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock MCB vs. DFS, SHG, FIF, IES, RM, SBSI, CFX, OFG, FCAP, and OBTShould you be buying McBride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McBride include DFS Furniture (DFS), Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), RM (RM), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Colefax Group (CFX), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), and Obtala (OBT). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. McBride vs. Its Competitors DFS Furniture Shanta Gold Finsbury Food Group Invinity Energy Systems RM Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust Colefax Group Octopus Future Generations VCT Cavendish Financial Obtala McBride (LON:MCB) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends. Is MCB or DFS a better dividend stock? McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. McBride pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DFS Furniture pays out -214.2% 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. Do analysts rate MCB or DFS? DFS Furniture has a consensus price target of GBX 233, suggesting a potential upside of 40.79%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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) 0.00DFS Furniture 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, MCB or DFS? McBride has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. 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 McBride3.56% 62.24% 8.54% DFS Furniture -0.45%-1.90%3.00% Which has better valuation & earnings, MCB or DFS? McBride has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMcBride£930.83M0.29£33.16M£19.578.12DFS Furniture£964.48M0.40-£4.30M-£1.87-88.62 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MCB or DFS? 72.7% of McBride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of McBride shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the media favor MCB or DFS? In the previous week, McBride had 16 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for McBride and 1 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat McBride's score of -0.08 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment McBride 1 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral DFS Furniture 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryDFS Furniture beats McBride on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get McBride News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MCB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MCB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MCB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMcBrideHousehold & Personal Products IndustryDefensive SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£272.56M£15.08B£6.90B£3.00BDividend Yield1.40%2.41%3.16%5.02%P/E Ratio8.1218.2213.14150.83Price / Sales0.29378.8496.92314,599.98Price / Cash7.6917.16144.7427.97Price / Book4.323.044.264.58Net Income£33.16M£912.33M£999.43M£5.90B7 Day Performance3.92%-0.02%-0.42%11.51%1 Month Performance9.66%-4.04%-1.38%7.92%1 Year Performance14.39%110.85%67.04%32.01% McBride Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MCBMcBrideN/AGBX 159+0.4%N/A+12.8%£272.56M£930.83M8.12240DFSDFS Furniture2.7622 of 5 starsGBX 162.50-0.9%GBX 233+43.4%+44.2%£374.47M£964.48M-87.0120,200SHGShanta GoldN/AN/AN/AN/A£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading VolumeFIFFinsbury Food GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206IESInvinity Energy Systems2.5142 of 5 starsGBX 23.30-1.9%GBX 40+71.7%+22.6%£101.91M£15.88M-2.68140News CoverageRMRMN/AGBX 94.50+1.1%N/A+10.3%£79.82M£189.50M-1.721,990High Trading VolumeSBSISchroder BSC Social Impact TrustN/AGBX 78.50flatN/A-7.8%£64.65M£2.21M62.41810Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCFXColefax GroupN/AGBX 777.99-0.3%N/A-14.9%£45.57M£101.60M8.3055,900OFGOctopus Future Generations VCTN/AGBX 84.50flatN/AN/A£34.75MN/A0.002,250High Trading VolumeFCAPCavendish FinancialN/AN/AN/AN/A£28.61M£32.15M-263.33220Gap DownOBTObtalaN/AN/AN/AN/A£28.50M£14.89M-1.86210Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies DFS Furniture Competitors Shanta Gold Competitors Finsbury Food Group Competitors Invinity Energy Systems Competitors RM Competitors Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust Competitors Colefax Group Competitors Octopus Future Generations VCT Competitors Cavendish Financial Competitors Obtala Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:MCB) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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