MCG vs. FGP, COD, AVON, FRAN, CHRT, SHI, LSC, ITM, RST, and FNTL
Should you be buying Mobico Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mobico Group include FirstGroup (FGP), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Avon Protection (AVON), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Cohort (CHRT), SIG (SHI), London Security (LSC), ITM Power (ITM), Restore (RST), and Fintel (FNTL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mobico Group (LON:MCG) and FirstGroup (LON:FGP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
FirstGroup has a net margin of 0.69% compared to Mobico Group's net margin of -9.00%. FirstGroup's return on equity of 0.50% beat Mobico Group's return on equity.
Mobico Group has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstGroup has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.8% of Mobico Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of FirstGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of Mobico Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of FirstGroup shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FirstGroup received 593 more outperform votes than Mobico Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
FirstGroup has a consensus target price of GBX 162.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.53%. Given FirstGroup's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FirstGroup is more favorable than Mobico Group.
Mobico Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. FirstGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Mobico Group pays out -625.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstGroup pays out -20,000.0% 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.
FirstGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Mobico Group. FirstGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mobico Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mobico Group had 10 more articles in the media than FirstGroup. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Mobico Group and 1 mentions for FirstGroup. Mobico Group's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat FirstGroup's score of 0.00 indicating that Mobico Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
FirstGroup beats Mobico Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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