PEBB vs. CAU, EBQ, SYS1, NAH, SAA, SFOR, NEXN, CCPA, SNWS, and CCP
Should you be buying The Pebble Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Pebble Group include Centaur Media (CAU), Ebiquity (EBQ), System1 Group (SYS1), NAHL Group (NAH), M&C Saatchi (SAA), S4 Capital (SFOR), Nexxen International (NEXN), Celtic (CCPA), Smiths News (SNWS), and Celtic (CCP). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
The Pebble Group (LON:PEBB) and Centaur Media (LON:CAU) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
86.7% of The Pebble Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Centaur Media shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of The Pebble Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Centaur Media shares are held 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.
Centaur Media has a net margin of 12.99% compared to The Pebble Group's net margin of 4.67%. Centaur Media's return on equity of 11.35% beat The Pebble Group's return on equity.
The Pebble Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Centaur Media pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. The Pebble Group pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centaur Media pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
The Pebble Group has higher revenue and earnings than Centaur Media. Centaur Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Pebble Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Pebble Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centaur Media has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Pebble Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 151.33, indicating a potential upside of 126.55%. Given The Pebble Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe The Pebble Group is more favorable than Centaur Media.
In the previous week, The Pebble Group had 4 more articles in the media than Centaur Media. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Pebble Group and 0 mentions for Centaur Media. Centaur Media's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat The Pebble Group's score of 1.06 indicating that Centaur Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Centaur Media received 408 more outperform votes than The Pebble Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.19% of users gave The Pebble Group an outperform vote while only 76.56% of users gave Centaur Media an outperform vote.
Summary
The Pebble Group beats Centaur Media on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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