SAA vs. NFC, NEXN, TRS, HNT, TRMR, NFG, SFOR, PEBB, TMMG, and SYS1
Should you be buying M&C Saatchi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&C Saatchi include Next Fifteen Communications Group (NFC), Nexxen International (NEXN), Tarsus Group (TRS), Huntsworth (HNT), Tremor International (TRMR), Next 15 Group (NFG), S4 Capital (SFOR), The Pebble Group (PEBB), The Mission Marketing Group (TMMG), and System1 Group (SYS1). These companies are all part of the "advertising agencies" industry.
M&C Saatchi vs. Its Competitors
M&C Saatchi (LON:SAA) and Next Fifteen Communications Group (LON:NFC) are both small-cap advertising agencies industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
M&C Saatchi pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Next Fifteen Communications Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. M&C Saatchi pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Next Fifteen Communications Group pays out -1,585.4% 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.
66.5% of M&C Saatchi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Next Fifteen Communications Group shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of M&C Saatchi shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Next Fifteen Communications Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, M&C Saatchi had 1 more articles in the media than Next Fifteen Communications Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for M&C Saatchi and 0 mentions for Next Fifteen Communications Group. M&C Saatchi's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Next Fifteen Communications Group's score of 0.00 indicating that M&C Saatchi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
M&C Saatchi has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Next Fifteen Communications Group. Next Fifteen Communications 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.
M&C Saatchi has a net margin of 2.43% compared to Next Fifteen Communications Group's net margin of -12.73%. M&C Saatchi's return on equity of 34.45% beat Next Fifteen Communications Group's return on equity.
M&C Saatchi has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Next Fifteen Communications Group has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
M&C Saatchi beats Next Fifteen Communications Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:SAA) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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