OTB vs. HSW, DFS, VCP, VIC, VTU, LGRS, MACF, FSTA, GLE, and GYM
Should you be buying On the Beach Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of On the Beach Group include Hostelworld Group (HSW), DFS Furniture (DFS), Victoria (VCP), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), Vertu Motors (VTU), Loungers (LGRS), Macfarlane Group (MACF), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), MJ Gleeson (GLE), and The Gym Group (GYM). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
On the Beach Group (LON:OTB) and Hostelworld Group (LON:HSW) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
On the Beach Group received 131 more outperform votes than Hostelworld Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.00% of users gave On the Beach Group an outperform vote while only 67.52% of users gave Hostelworld Group an outperform vote.
On the Beach Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hostelworld Group. On the Beach Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hostelworld Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.9% of On the Beach Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Hostelworld Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of On the Beach Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Hostelworld Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
On the Beach Group has a net margin of 5.93% compared to Hostelworld Group's net margin of 5.51%. Hostelworld Group's return on equity of 9.22% beat On the Beach Group's return on equity.
On the Beach Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hostelworld Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. On the Beach 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. Hostelworld Group pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
On the Beach Group has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hostelworld Group has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
On the Beach Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 253.33, indicating a potential upside of 72.10%. Given On the Beach Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe On the Beach Group is more favorable than Hostelworld Group.
In the previous week, Hostelworld Group had 1 more articles in the media than On the Beach Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hostelworld Group and 1 mentions for On the Beach Group. Hostelworld Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat On the Beach Group's score of 0.02 indicating that Hostelworld Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
On the Beach Group beats Hostelworld Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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