Restore (RST) Competitors

Mitie Group (LON:MTO) and Restore (LON:RST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, MTO or RST?

Mitie Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restore has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MTO or RST?

Mitie Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 12.31%. Restore has a consensus target price of GBX 380, suggesting a potential upside of 42.32%. Given Restore's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Restore is more favorable than Mitie Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitie Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Restore	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MTO or RST a better dividend stock?

Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Mitie Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Restore pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mitie Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MTO or RST?

77.1% of Mitie Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Restore shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Mitie Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Restore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MTO or RST?

Mitie Group has higher revenue and earnings than Restore. Mitie Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mitie Group	£4.45B	0.34	£126.30M	£0.09	1,335.56
Restore	£276.90M	1.32	£3.80M	£0.03	8,900.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTO or RST?

Mitie Group received 63 more outperform votes than Restore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.68% of users gave Restore an outperform vote while only 51.34% of users gave Mitie Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mitie Group	Outperform Votes 384 51.34%	Underperform Votes 364 48.66%
Restore	Outperform Votes 321 81.68%	Underperform Votes 72 18.32%

Is MTO or RST more profitable?

Mitie Group has a net margin of 2.84% compared to Restore's net margin of 1.37%. Mitie Group's return on equity of 29.24% beat Restore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitie Group	2.84%	29.24%	5.94%
Restore	1.37%	1.62%	3.37%

Does the media favor MTO or RST?

In the previous week, Restore had 2 more articles in the media than Mitie Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Restore and 1 mentions for Mitie Group. Restore's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Mitie Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Restore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mitie Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Restore	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Mitie Group beats Restore on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.