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LON:NEX

National Express Group - NEX Competitors

GBX 124.32
+2.72 (+2.24%)
(As of 03/30/2023 04:32 AM ET)
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Today's Range
120.90
125.80
50-Day Range
117.20
141.50
52-Week Range
111.10
274.40
Volume
457,800 shs
Average Volume
2.97 million shs
Market Capitalization
£763.44 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
8.04%
Price Target
GBX 186.67

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
National Express GroupOutperform Votes
643
72.99%
Underperform Votes
238
27.01%
Baltic Classifieds GroupN/AN/A

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Express Group -7.90% -15.55% 1.91%
Baltic Classifieds Group 38.65% 6.64% 3.58%

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
National Express Group Neutral
Baltic Classifieds Group Negative

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
National Express Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Baltic Classifieds Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Express Group£2.81 billion0.27-£243.10 million-£0.40-304.00
Baltic Classifieds Group£55.74 million13.57£21.55 million£0.043,800.00

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.
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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.
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NEX vs. The Competition

MetricNational Express GroupRailroads IndustryBusiness SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£746.73M£29.23B£4.72B£1.39B
Dividend Yield8.42%2.83%4.84%13.05%
P/E Ratio-304.0097.37250.211,613.63
Price / Sales0.279.00367.3223,577.81
Price / Cash2.41155.6620.2033.39
Price / Book0.552.284.382.86
Net Income-£243.10M£1.69B£114.40M£167.51M
7 Day Performance3.58%-1.14%1.32%8.79%
1 Month Performance-2.33%-2.79%-2.99%-4.62%
1 Year Performance-50.25%-3.50%-22.10%41.66%

National Express Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 152
-1.3%
N/A+10.9%£756.17M£55.74M3,800.00124Insider Selling
News Coverage
REDD
Redde Northgate
2.4104 of 5 stars
GBX 343.50
+1.5%
GBX 468
+36.2%
-21.8%£787.34M£1.33B673.536,000News Coverage
Gap Up
IBPO
iEnergizer
0 of 5 stars
GBX 341
-1.4%
N/A-13.6%£648.34M£288.19M947.22N/A
CURY
Currys
1.9865 of 5 stars
GBX 56.85
+5.0%
GBX 72.50
+27.5%
-43.4%£642.41M£9.83B-118.4433,000
CPI
Capita
1.7992 of 5 stars
GBX 37.50
+0.4%
GBX 41.50
+10.7%
+63.9%£630M£3.01B937.5052,000Gap Down
KCOM
KCOM Group
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£619.93M£281.64M-18.181,464News Coverage
RPS
RPS Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 221
flat
GBX 150
-32.1%
+106.5%£613.30M£510M7,366.675,000
JSG
Johnson Service Group
1.643 of 5 stars
GBX 121
+1.5%
GBX 145
+19.8%
+0.3%£519.48M£385.70M2,016.674,980
SMS
Smart Metering Systems
2.092 of 5 stars
GBX 751
+2.0%
GBX 949.50
+26.4%
-5.5%£1.00B£135.52M6,827.271,102Dividend Announcement
Insider Buying
LTG
Learning Technologies Group
2.0172 of 5 stars
GBX 127
+0.9%
GBX 170
+33.9%
-25.6%£1.00B£457.46M4,233.331,100
This page (LON:NEX) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff