OSB vs. PAG, MAB1, LINV, BEZ, PHNX, STJ, ICP, MNG, SDR, and HSX
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), Beazley (BEZ), Phoenix Group (PHNX), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), and Hiscox (HSX). 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 small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
OSB Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 9.02%. Paragon Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 938, suggesting a potential upside of 1.18%. Given OSB Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OSB Group is more favorable than Paragon Banking Group.
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.
OSB Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Paragon Banking Group had 16 more articles in the media than OSB Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Paragon Banking Group and 1 mentions for OSB Group. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat OSB Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.9% of OSB Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of OSB Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
OSB Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. OSB Group pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paragon Banking Group pays out 43.2% 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. OSB Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
OSB Group beats Paragon Banking Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:OSB) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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