Mitie Group (MTO) Competitors

Mitie Group (LON:MTO) and Foresight VCT (LON:FTV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend MTO or FTV?

Mitie Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 155, suggesting a potential upside of 0.78%. Given Mitie Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mitie Group is more favorable than Foresight VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitie Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Foresight VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MTO or FTV?

78.0% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Mitie Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Foresight VCT 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MTO or FTV?

Mitie Group has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight VCT. Foresight VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitie 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
Mitie Group	£4.80B	0.40	£120.92M	£9.62	15.99
Foresight VCT	£32.45M	6.29	£24.62M	£8.20	8.30

Is MTO or FTV a better dividend stock?

Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Foresight VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Mitie Group pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foresight VCT pays out 48.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media favor MTO or FTV?

In the previous week, Mitie Group had 3 more articles in the media than Foresight VCT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mitie Group and 1 mentions for Foresight VCT. Mitie Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Foresight VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Mitie Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mitie Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Foresight VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, MTO or FTV?

Mitie Group has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight VCT has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTO or FTV more profitable?

Foresight VCT has a net margin of 75.85% compared to Mitie Group's net margin of 2.52%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 28.24% beat Foresight VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitie Group	2.52%	28.24%	5.94%
Foresight VCT	75.85%	10.05%	4.98%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTO or FTV?

Mitie Group received 328 more outperform votes than Foresight VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.24% of users gave Foresight VCT an outperform vote while only 51.47% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mitie Group	Outperform Votes 386 51.47%	Underperform Votes 364 48.53%
Foresight VCT	Outperform Votes 58 68.24%	Underperform Votes 27 31.76%

Summary

Mitie Group beats Foresight VCT on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.