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Marks and Spencer Group (MKS) Competitors

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GBX 398.30 -0.50 (-0.13%)
As of 12:40 PM Eastern

MKS vs. ALY, CCL, NXT, IHG, SKG, SMDS, BDEV, WTB, BTRW, and ENT

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), NEXT (NXT), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), DS Smith (SMDS), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Whitbread (WTB), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), and Entain (ENT).

Marks and Spencer Group vs. Its Competitors

Laura Ashley (LON:ALY) and Marks and Spencer Group (LON:MKS) are both department stores industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Marks and Spencer Group had 6 more articles in the media than Laura Ashley. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Marks and Spencer Group and 0 mentions for Laura Ashley. Marks and Spencer Group's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Laura Ashley's score of 0.00 indicating that Marks and Spencer Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Laura Ashley Neutral
Marks and Spencer Group Neutral

Marks and Spencer Group has a consensus price target of GBX 425, suggesting a potential upside of 6.70%. Given Marks and Spencer Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marks and Spencer Group is more favorable than Laura Ashley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Laura Ashley
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Marks and Spencer Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Laura AshleyN/A N/A N/A
Marks and Spencer Group 3.77%17.23%6.30%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Laura Ashley£219.20M0.00N/A-£2.30N/A
Marks and Spencer Group£13.82B0.58£501.71M£0.142,845.00

45.7% of Marks and Spencer Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Marks and Spencer Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Marks and Spencer Group beats Laura Ashley on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MKS vs. The Competition

MetricMarks and Spencer GroupDepartment Stores IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.03B£9.86B£3.84B£2.59B
Dividend Yield0.93%1.19%3.56%5.32%
P/E Ratio2,845.00158.42623.014,418.40
Price / Sales0.5830.17206.49101,543.57
Price / Cash3.083.0831.1627.90
Price / Book2.662.663.588.24
Net Income£501.71M£501.71M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.87%0.90%-0.97%0.32%
1 Month Performance14.72%1.67%-1.19%2.22%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-1.07%33.93%141.92%

Marks and Spencer Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MKS
Marks and Spencer Group
2.0772 of 5 stars
GBX 398.30
-0.1%
GBX 425
+6.7%
+4.5%£8.03B£13.82B2,845.0064,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ALY
Laura Ashley
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.84M£219.20M-0.172,980Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CCL
Carnival Co. &
N/AGBX 1,955.50
-0.8%
N/A+40.3%£26.52B£26.23B1,007.9940,000News Coverage
Positive News
NXT
NEXT
1.5928 of 5 stars
£124.45
+0.1%
£124.33
-0.1%
+23.0%£14.46B£6.40B1,886.4631,947Trending News
IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group
0.5209 of 5 stars
GBX 9,166
+0.3%
GBX 6,611.25
-27.9%
+6.3%£13.88B£5.12B1,941.5411,200News Coverage
SKG
Smurfit Kappa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£9.55B£11.27B1,474.1947,000High Trading Volume
SMDS
DS Smith
2.9284 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 550
+∞
N/A£8.06B£6.83B20.9029,519High Trading Volume
BDEV
Barratt Developments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
WTB
Whitbread
1.1505 of 5 stars
GBX 3,273
0.0%
GBX 3,650
+11.5%
+5.8%£5.64B£2.92B2,327.8839,000News Coverage
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
3.1755 of 5 stars
GBX 392
-1.0%
GBX 511.83
+30.6%
N/A£5.56B£5.58B2,947.376,270Positive News
ENT
Entain
3.6533 of 5 stars
GBX 869.11
-0.2%
GBX 1,210
+39.2%
+17.1%£5.56B£5.16B-1,011.7721,212Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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