MRK vs. BWNG, SOS, G4M, SDG, DPP, MUL, TPT, TENG, HRN, and SHOE
Should you be buying Marks Electrical Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marks Electrical Group include N Brown Group (BWNG), Sosandar (SOS), Gear4music (G4M), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), DP Poland (DPP), Mulberry Group (MUL), Topps Tiles (TPT), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), Hornby (HRN), and Shoe Zone (SHOE). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
N Brown Group (LON:BWNG) and Marks Electrical Group (LON:MRK) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Marks Electrical Group has a net margin of 3.96% compared to Marks Electrical Group's net margin of -9.25%. N Brown Group's return on equity of 34.60% beat Marks Electrical Group's return on equity.
Marks Electrical Group has a consensus target price of GBX 111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.86%. Given N Brown Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Marks Electrical Group is more favorable than N Brown Group.
4.1% of N Brown Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 91.8% of N Brown Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.0% of Marks Electrical Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marks Electrical Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than N Brown Group. N Brown Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marks Electrical Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
N Brown Group received 331 more outperform votes than Marks Electrical Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.19% of users gave Marks Electrical Group an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave N Brown Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Marks Electrical Group had 3 more articles in the media than N Brown Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Marks Electrical Group and 0 mentions for N Brown Group. N Brown Group's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Marks Electrical Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Marks Electrical Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
N Brown Group has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marks Electrical Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
N Brown Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 49.0%. Marks Electrical Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. N Brown Group pays out -5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marks Electrical Group pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. N Brown Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Marks Electrical Group beats N Brown Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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