Sanderson Design Group (SDG) Competitors

Sanderson Design Group (LON:SDG) and UP Global Sourcing (LON:UPGS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SDG or UPGS?

UP Global Sourcing has higher revenue and earnings than Sanderson Design Group. UP Global Sourcing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sanderson Design Group, 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
Sanderson Design Group	£100.00M	0.30	£4.43M	£6.51	6.50
UP Global Sourcing	£156.05M	0.00	£12.03M	£0.14	N/A

Is SDG or UPGS more profitable?

UP Global Sourcing has a net margin of 7.71% compared to Sanderson Design Group's net margin of 4.43%. UP Global Sourcing's return on equity of 29.55% beat Sanderson Design Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sanderson Design Group	4.43%	5.24%	5.54%
UP Global Sourcing	7.71%	29.55%	9.19%

Which has more risk and volatility, SDG or UPGS?

Sanderson Design Group has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SDG or UPGS a better dividend stock?

Sanderson Design Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. UP Global Sourcing pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. Sanderson Design Group pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UP Global Sourcing 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. Sanderson Design Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer SDG or UPGS?

In the previous week, Sanderson Design Group had 1 more articles in the media than UP Global Sourcing. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sanderson Design Group and 0 mentions for UP Global Sourcing. Sanderson Design Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat UP Global Sourcing's score of 0.00 indicating that Sanderson Design Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sanderson Design Group	Positive
UP Global Sourcing	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SDG or UPGS?

61.7% of Sanderson Design Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Sanderson Design Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.5% of UP Global Sourcing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SDG or UPGS?

UP Global Sourcing received 55 more outperform votes than Sanderson Design Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sanderson Design Group	N/A	N/A
UP Global Sourcing	Outperform Votes 55 51.89%	Underperform Votes 51 48.11%

Summary

UP Global Sourcing beats Sanderson Design Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.