Mony Group (MONY) Competitors

Mony Group (LON:MONY) and Baltic Classifieds Group (LON:BCG) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MONY or BCG?

85.8% of Mony Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Baltic Classifieds Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Mony Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Baltic Classifieds Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, MONY or BCG?

Mony Group has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baltic Classifieds Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MONY or BCG?

In the previous week, Baltic Classifieds Group had 8 more articles in the media than Mony Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Baltic Classifieds Group and 2 mentions for Mony Group. Mony Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Baltic Classifieds Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Mony Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mony Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Baltic Classifieds Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MONY or BCG a better dividend stock?

Mony Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Baltic Classifieds Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Mony Group pays out 84.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baltic Classifieds Group pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate MONY or BCG?

Mony Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 36.99%. Baltic Classifieds Group has a consensus target price of GBX 325, suggesting a potential upside of 0.31%. Given Mony Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Mony Group is more favorable than Baltic Classifieds Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mony Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Baltic Classifieds Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings and valuation, MONY or BCG?

Mony Group has higher revenue and earnings than Baltic Classifieds Group. Mony Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baltic Classifieds Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mony Group	£439.24M	2.66	£75.76M	£14.29	15.33
Baltic Classifieds Group	£92.71M	20.03	£45.57M	£6.67	48.57

Is MONY or BCG more profitable?

Baltic Classifieds Group has a net margin of 49.16% compared to Mony Group's net margin of 17.25%. Mony Group's return on equity of 34.74% beat Baltic Classifieds Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mony Group	17.25%	34.74%	15.18%
Baltic Classifieds Group	49.16%	11.55%	5.86%

Summary

Mony Group beats Baltic Classifieds Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.