MRL vs. LSC, JNEO, SNX, THRU, FA, CSSG, WSG, NWT, MORT, and PEG
Should you be buying Marlowe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marlowe include London Security (LSC), Journeo (JNEO), Synectics (SNX), Thruvision Group (THRU), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Westminster Group (WSG), Newmark Security (NWT), Mortice (MORT), and Petards Group (PEG). These companies are all part of the "security & protection services" industry.
Marlowe (LON:MRL) and London Security (LON:LSC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
London Security has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marlowe. Marlowe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Security, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Marlowe had 3 more articles in the media than London Security. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Marlowe and 2 mentions for London Security. London Security's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Marlowe's score of -0.11 indicating that London Security is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marlowe has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, London Security has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Marlowe received 90 more outperform votes than London Security when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.25% of users gave Marlowe an outperform vote while only 70.91% of users gave London Security an outperform vote.
Marlowe presently has a consensus target price of GBX 710, suggesting a potential upside of 59.91%. Given Marlowe's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Marlowe is more favorable than London Security.
55.4% of Marlowe shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Marlowe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 99.0% of London Security shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
London Security has a net margin of 10.41% compared to Marlowe's net margin of -2.85%. London Security's return on equity of 14.80% beat Marlowe's return on equity.
Summary
London Security beats Marlowe on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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