MCG vs. PFG, GOCO, THG, ESNT, FFX, CNC, PGR, ACIC, AXS, and AJG
Should you be buying Mobico Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mobico Group include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), THG (THG), Essentra (ESNT), Fairfx Group (FFX), Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Phoenix Global Resources (PGR), abrdn China Investment (ACIC), Accsys Technologies (AXS), and Atlantis Japan Growth (AJG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Mobico Group vs. Its Competitors
Mobico Group (LON:MCG) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Mobico Group has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vanquis Banking Group has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Mobico Group's net margin of -4.36%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat Mobico Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mobico Group had 3 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mobico Group and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Mobico Group's score of -0.47 indicating that Vanquis Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vanquis Banking Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mobico Group. Mobico Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vanquis Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
57.5% of Mobico Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mobico Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mobico Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.80%. Given Mobico Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mobico Group is more favorable than Vanquis Banking Group.
Summary
Vanquis Banking Group beats Mobico Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MCG) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
