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The Pebble Group (PEBB) Competitors

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GBX 35.06 -0.45 (-1.25%)
As of 05/2/2025 10:57 AM Eastern

PEBB vs. SAA, SFOR, TMMG, SYS1, CAU, EBQ, NAH, TMG, DNM, and GVMH

Should you be buying The Pebble Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Pebble Group include M&C Saatchi (SAA), S4 Capital (SFOR), The Mission Marketing Group (TMMG), System1 Group (SYS1), Centaur Media (CAU), Ebiquity (EBQ), NAHL Group (NAH), The Mission Group (TMG), Dianomi (DNM), and Grand Vision Media (GVMH). These companies are all part of the "advertising agencies" industry.

The Pebble Group vs.

The Pebble Group (LON:PEBB) and M&C Saatchi (LON:SAA) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

The Pebble Group has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&C Saatchi has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

The Pebble Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. M&C Saatchi pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. The Pebble Group pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&C Saatchi pays out 33.8% 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. The Pebble Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

The Pebble Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 185.27%. Given The Pebble Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe The Pebble Group is more favorable than M&C Saatchi.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Pebble Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
M&C Saatchi
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, The Pebble Group had 1 more articles in the media than M&C Saatchi. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Pebble Group and 0 mentions for M&C Saatchi. M&C Saatchi's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat The Pebble Group's score of 0.30 indicating that M&C Saatchi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Pebble Group Neutral
M&C Saatchi Neutral

M&C Saatchi has higher revenue and earnings than The Pebble Group. The Pebble Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&C Saatchi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Pebble Group£119.97M0.48£5.68M£3.4110.27
M&C Saatchi£456.33M0.43£11.09M£8.8817.68

M&C Saatchi received 126 more outperform votes than The Pebble Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.48% of users gave The Pebble Group an outperform vote while only 69.49% of users gave M&C Saatchi an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Pebble GroupOutperform Votes
38
90.48%
Underperform Votes
4
9.52%
M&C SaatchiOutperform Votes
164
69.49%
Underperform Votes
72
30.51%

The Pebble Group has a net margin of 4.74% compared to M&C Saatchi's net margin of 2.43%. M&C Saatchi's return on equity of 34.45% beat The Pebble Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Pebble Group4.74% 6.55% 3.90%
M&C Saatchi 2.43%34.45%10.04%

94.1% of The Pebble Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of M&C Saatchi shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of The Pebble Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of M&C Saatchi shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

M&C Saatchi beats The Pebble Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PEBB vs. The Competition

MetricThe Pebble GroupAdvertising Agencies IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£57.72M£2.01B£3.29B£2.62B
Dividend Yield2.61%4.53%6.79%4.94%
P/E Ratio10.2785.0221.77134.19
Price / Sales0.4825.68113.13242,428.32
Price / Cash26.769.3116.1828.21
Price / Book0.672.314.094.50
Net Income£5.68M£142.27M£144.63M£5.91B
7 Day Performance0.01%-3.16%0.20%3.48%
1 Month Performance-9.18%0.24%0.89%12.12%
1 Year Performance-39.56%-15.31%7.25%26.52%

The Pebble Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEBB
The Pebble Group
3.4546 of 5 stars
GBX 35.06
-1.3%
GBX 100
+185.3%
-38.5%£57.72M£119.97M10.27568News Coverage
SAA
M&C Saatchi
N/AGBX 158
-0.3%
N/A-18.2%£195.29M£456.33M17.802,706
SFOR
S4 Capital
N/AGBX 26.20
-2.8%
N/A-42.7%£161.21M£840.50M2,620.007,700
TMMG
The Mission Marketing Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£65.08M£159.92M7.411,092High Trading Volume
SYS1
System1 Group
2.1577 of 5 stars
GBX 422.50
-7.1%
GBX 852.50
+101.8%
-19.8%£53.61M£30.04M26.35143
CAU
Centaur Media
N/AGBX 24.66
+0.7%
N/A-52.9%£35.94M£34.64M8.82245Positive News
Gap Up
EBQ
Ebiquity
N/AGBX 24.05
+0.2%
N/A-39.0%£30.84M£73.02M-5.36652Gap Up
NAH
NAHL Group
N/AGBX 57.50
-3.4%
N/A-17.8%£27.32M£41.04M33.61140Gap Up
TMG
The Mission Group
1.9856 of 5 stars
GBX 21.55
-2.0%
GBX 62
+187.7%
+0.0%£19.33M£195.95M-1.611,100News Coverage
DNM
Dianomi
N/AGBX 33.06
-2.8%
N/A-32.5%£9.93M£29.52M-15.4742
GVMH
Grand Vision Media
N/AGBX 0.76
-22.6%
N/AN/A£7.09M£54.27M-1.7816

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This page (LON:PEBB) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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