NEX vs. BCG, REDD, IBPO, CURY, CPI, KCOM, RPS, JSG, SMS, and LTG
Should you be buying National Express Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Express Group include Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Redde Northgate (REDD), iEnergizer (IBPO), Currys (CURY), Capita (CPI), KCOM Group (KCOM), RPS Group (RPS), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), and Learning Technologies Group (LTG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
National Express Group vs.
National Express Group (LON:NEX) and Baltic Classifieds Group (LON:BCG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
National Express Group received 643 more outperform votes than Baltic Classifieds Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
84.0% of National Express Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Baltic Classifieds Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of National Express Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.4% of Baltic Classifieds Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Baltic Classifieds Group has a net margin of 38.65% compared to National Express Group's net margin of -7.90%. Baltic Classifieds Group's return on equity of 6.64% beat National Express Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Baltic Classifieds Group had 2 more articles in the media than National Express Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Baltic Classifieds Group and 0 mentions for National Express Group. National Express Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Baltic Classifieds Group's score of -0.66 indicating that National Express Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Express Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 186.67, suggesting a potential upside of 53.51%. Given National Express Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Express Group is more favorable than Baltic Classifieds Group.
National Express Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Baltic Classifieds Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. National Express Group pays out -2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baltic Classifieds Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Express Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Baltic Classifieds Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Express Group. National Express 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.
Summary
Baltic Classifieds Group beats National Express Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NEX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
National Express Group Competitors List
