MTC vs. PROC, ANG, PODP, WRKS, IGR, SOS, G4M, PMP, XPF, and MORE
Should you be buying Mothercare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mothercare include ProCook Group (PROC), Angling Direct (ANG), Pod Point Group (PODP), TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS), IG Design Group (IGR), Sosandar (SOS), Gear4music (G4M), Portmeirion Group (PMP), XP Factory (XPF), and Hostmore (MORE). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
ProCook Group (LON:PROC) and Mothercare (LON:MTC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Mothercare has a net margin of 1.89% compared to Mothercare's net margin of -7.36%. ProCook Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Mothercare's return on equity.
Mothercare received 390 more outperform votes than ProCook Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ProCook Group an outperform vote while only 62.66% of users gave Mothercare an outperform vote.
Mothercare has higher revenue and earnings than ProCook Group.
In the previous week, Mothercare's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat ProCook Group's score of 0.00 indicating that ProCook Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.9% of ProCook Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of Mothercare shares are held by institutional investors. 90.6% of ProCook Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.6% of Mothercare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ProCook Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mothercare has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mothercare beats ProCook Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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