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OSB Group (OSB) Competitors

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GBX 562.50 +2.00 (+0.36%)
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OSB vs. PAG, MAB1, LINV, STJ, PHNX, ICP, SDR, MNG, FCIT, and BEZ

Should you be buying OSB Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OSB Group include Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1), LendInvest (LINV), St. James's Place (STJ), Phoenix Group (PHNX), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), M&G (MNG), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), and Beazley (BEZ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

OSB Group vs. Its Competitors

OSB Group (LON:OSB) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, OSB Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Paragon Banking Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
OSB Group Neutral
Paragon Banking Group Neutral

65.8% of OSB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of OSB Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

OSB Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 645, indicating a potential upside of 14.67%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 991.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.68%. Given Paragon Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paragon Banking Group is more favorable than OSB Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OSB Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Paragon Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

OSB Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

OSB Group has a net margin of 27.26% compared to Paragon Banking Group's net margin of 25.14%. OSB Group's return on equity of 18.78% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OSB Group27.26% 18.78% 1.35%
Paragon Banking Group 25.14%14.13%1.09%

OSB Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Banking Group. OSB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paragon Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OSB Group£630.10M3.21£370.52M£0.69817.59
Paragon Banking Group£517.10M3.16£185.69M£0.97888.15

OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. OSB Group pays out 48.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paragon Banking Group pays out 41.9% 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.

Summary

OSB Group beats Paragon Banking Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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OSB vs. The Competition

MetricOSB GroupMortgage Finance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.03B£784.07M£4.87B£2.59B
Dividend Yield6.18%6.66%4.32%5.32%
P/E Ratio817.59159.611,337.994,390.72
Price / Sales3.2169.971,364.25101,116.96
Price / Cash0.7026.19127.6527.90
Price / Book1.011.802.218.01
Net Income£370.52M£78.23M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.24%-1.75%0.05%0.11%
1 Month Performance1.63%4.13%2.59%1.93%
1 Year Performance44.60%25.42%40.54%142.77%

OSB Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OSB
OSB Group
N/AGBX 562.50
+0.4%
GBX 645
+14.7%
+45.3%£2.03B£630.10M817.592,459
PAG
Paragon Banking Group
3.1605 of 5 stars
GBX 852
flat
GBX 991.50
+16.4%
+10.7%£1.62B£517.10M882.9026,500Positive News
Dividend Increase
MAB1
Mortgage Advice Bureau
3.5495 of 5 stars
GBX 704
-0.8%
GBX 1,150
+63.4%
-5.7%£408.02M£290.80M2,152.911,001Positive News
Gap Up
LINV
LendInvest
N/AGBX 38.40
-0.3%
N/A+35.7%£54.38M£88.60M-3,200.00229Gap Down
STJ
St. James's Place
2.566 of 5 stars
GBX 1,308
+1.1%
GBX 1,515
+15.8%
N/A£6.81B£16.94B1,387.062,298Analyst Forecast
PHNX
Phoenix Group
1.2119 of 5 stars
GBX 663.58
-0.1%
GBX 683.75
+3.0%
+30.1%£6.63B£10.97B-1,046.667,757Analyst Forecast
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDR
Schroders
1.8207 of 5 stars
GBX 394
+0.3%
GBX 398.33
+1.1%
+13.0%£6.11B£3.02B1,766.826,438News Coverage
MNG
M&G
1.1787 of 5 stars
GBX 256.90
+1.1%
GBX 266
+3.5%
+28.3%£6.08B£15.21B-10,276.006,101News Coverage
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,214.05
+0.5%
N/A+12.8%£5.80B£367.41M1,680.35N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
BEZ
Beazley
3.1343 of 5 stars
GBX 920.50
+2.2%
GBX 1,075
+16.8%
+19.3%£5.47B£1.16B609.602,324Analyst Forecast

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