SNWS vs. BMY, DODS, RCH, LBG, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, XLM, QRTR, and INM
Should you be buying Smiths News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smiths News include Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Dods Group (DODS), Reach (RCH), LBG Media (LBG), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), XLMedia (XLM), The Quarto Group (QRTR), and Independent News & Media (INM). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.
Smiths News vs.
Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) and Smiths News (LON:SNWS) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Bloomsbury Publishing received 238 more outperform votes than Smiths News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Smiths News an outperform vote while only 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote.
Bloomsbury Publishing has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smiths News has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.77% compared to Smiths News' net margin of 2.31%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 18.62% beat Smiths News' return on equity.
Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Smiths News pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smiths News pays out 47.1% 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.
Bloomsbury Publishing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smiths News. Smiths News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bloomsbury Publishing currently has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 38.19%. Smiths News has a consensus target price of GBX 85, suggesting a potential upside of 50.71%. Given Smiths News' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smiths News is more favorable than Bloomsbury Publishing.
70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Smiths News shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Smiths News shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Bloomsbury Publishing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Smiths News'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Bloomsbury Publishing beats Smiths News on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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