OSB vs. PAG, MAB1, MYI, PIN, RAT, WTAN, JTC, BOCH, QLT, and FEV
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), Murray International (MYI), Pantheon International (PIN), Rathbones Group (RAT), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), JTC (JTC), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Quilter (QLT), and Fidelity European Trust (FEV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
OSB Group (LON:OSB) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
77.0% of OSB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of OSB Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, OSB Group had 1 more articles in the media than Paragon Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OSB Group and 2 mentions for Paragon Banking Group. OSB Group's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Paragon Banking Group's score of 0.04 indicating that OSB Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OSB Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OSB Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 746.67, indicating a potential upside of 95.56%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 696.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.63%. Given OSB Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe OSB Group is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.
Paragon Banking Group received 251 more outperform votes than OSB Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.79% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote while only 75.19% of users gave OSB Group an outperform vote.
OSB Group has a net margin of 46.36% compared to Paragon Banking Group's net margin of 39.13%. OSB Group's return on equity of 13.01% beat Paragon Banking Group's return on equity.
OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. OSB Group pays out 4,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paragon Banking Group pays out 5,606.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Summary
OSB Group beats Paragon Banking Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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