SPI vs. ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, MSI, SGM, BERI, MCP, AMAT, and STM
Should you be buying Spire Healthcare Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spire Healthcare Group include Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), International Personal Finance (IPF), Alliance Pharma (APH), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), and STM Group (STM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Spire Healthcare Group vs. Its Competitors
Spire Healthcare Group (LON:SPI) and Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Empiric Student Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spire Healthcare Group. Empiric Student Property is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spire Healthcare Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spire Healthcare Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Spire Healthcare Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 294.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.63%. Given Spire Healthcare Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Spire Healthcare Group is more favorable than Empiric Student Property.
Empiric Student Property has a net margin of 65.69% compared to Spire Healthcare Group's net margin of 1.96%. Empiric Student Property's return on equity of 7.23% beat Spire Healthcare Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Spire Healthcare Group had 44 more articles in the media than Empiric Student Property. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Spire Healthcare Group and 0 mentions for Empiric Student Property. Spire Healthcare Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Empiric Student Property's score of 0.00 indicating that Spire Healthcare Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spire Healthcare Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Spire Healthcare Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empiric Student Property pays out 87.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
40.6% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 39.2% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Spire Healthcare Group beats Empiric Student Property on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SPI) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff