MKS vs. ALY, CCL, IHG, NXT, SKG, SMDS, BDEV, GAW, WTB, and KGF
Should you be buying Marks and Spencer Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marks and Spencer Group include Laura Ashley (ALY), Carnival Co. & (CCL), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), NEXT (NXT), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), DS Smith (SMDS), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Games Workshop Group (GAW), Whitbread (WTB), and Kingfisher (KGF).
Marks and Spencer Group vs. Its Competitors
Marks and Spencer Group (LON:MKS) and Laura Ashley (LON:ALY) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Marks and Spencer Group has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Laura Ashley's net margin of 0.00%. Marks and Spencer Group's return on equity of 17.23% beat Laura Ashley's return on equity.
In the previous week, Marks and Spencer Group had 3 more articles in the media than Laura Ashley. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Marks and Spencer Group and 0 mentions for Laura Ashley. Marks and Spencer Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Laura Ashley's score of 0.00 indicating that Marks and Spencer Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marks and Spencer Group has higher revenue and earnings than Laura Ashley. Laura Ashley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marks and Spencer Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marks and Spencer Group received 954 more outperform votes than Laura Ashley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.10% of users gave Laura Ashley an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave Marks and Spencer Group an outperform vote.
Marks and Spencer Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 350, suggesting a potential downside of 4.80%. Given Laura Ashley's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Laura Ashley is more favorable than Marks and Spencer Group.
57.0% of Marks and Spencer Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Marks and Spencer Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Marks and Spencer Group beats Laura Ashley on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (LON:MKS) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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