Spire Healthcare Group (SPI) Competitors GBX 223.50 +0.50 (+0.22%) (As of 10:33 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades SPI vs. ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MSI, BERI, MCP, AMAT, and STMShould 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), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), 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. Empiric Student Property The Restaurant Group International Personal Finance Alliance Pharma Sigma Capital Group MS INTERNATIONAL BlackRock Energy and Resources Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust Amati AIM VCT STM Group Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) and Spire Healthcare Group (LON:SPI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends. Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ESP or SPI? 80.4% of Empiric Student Property shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Empiric Student Property shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts prefer ESP or SPI? Spire Healthcare Group has a consensus price target of GBX 322, suggesting a potential upside of 44.39%. Given Spire Healthcare Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spire Healthcare Group is more favorable than Empiric Student Property.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Empiric Student Property 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Spire Healthcare Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESP or SPI? Spire Healthcare Group received 188 more outperform votes than Empiric Student Property when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.80% of users gave Empiric Student Property an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Spire Healthcare Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEmpiric Student PropertyOutperform Votes16766.80% Underperform Votes8333.20% Spire Healthcare GroupOutperform Votes35560.89% Underperform Votes22839.11% Which has more risk & volatility, ESP or SPI? Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Healthcare Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is ESP or SPI more profitable? 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 7.32% beat Spire Healthcare Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Empiric Student Property65.69% 7.32% 2.26% Spire Healthcare Group 1.96%4.00%3.73% Is ESP or SPI a better dividend stock? Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Spire Healthcare Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Empiric Student Property 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. Spire Healthcare Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Does the media prefer ESP or SPI? In the previous week, Spire Healthcare Group had 1 more articles in the media than Empiric Student Property. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Spire Healthcare Group and 0 mentions for Empiric Student Property. Empiric Student Property's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Spire Healthcare Group'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Empiric Student Property Neutral Spire Healthcare Group Neutral Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ESP or SPI? Empiric Student Property has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEmpiric Student Property£81.60M6.40£53.60M£0.09960.81Spire Healthcare Group£1.44B0.63£28.30M£0.073,185.71 SummarySpire Healthcare Group beats Empiric Student Property on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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.Skip Chart SPI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSpire Healthcare GroupMedical Care Facilities IndustryMedical SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£900.52M£1.42B£4.94B£1.42BDividend Yield1.14%3.79%7.63%11.72%P/E Ratio3,185.71221.3778.261,570.48Price / Sales0.6362.181,352.91246,002.25Price / Cash9.1212.9434.2332.92Price / Book1.222.294.722.89Net Income£28.30M£52.03M£113.07M£152.61M7 Day Performance0.45%5.60%6.40%8.59%1 Month Performance3.72%8.04%121.95%16.70%1 Year Performance0.90%17.12%158.44%18.58% Spire Healthcare Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SPISpire Healthcare Group2.2695 of 5 starsGBX 223.50+0.2%GBX 322+44.1%+0.9%£902.54M£1.44B3,192.86420ESPEmpiric Student PropertyN/AGBX 86.80-1.4%N/A-5.1%£523.85M£81.60M980.00150RTNThe Restaurant GroupN/AGBX 64.80flatN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000IPFInternational Personal FinanceN/AGBX 131.50-0.8%N/A+11.9%£286.85M£759.50M657.506,230APHAlliance Pharma3.4858 of 5 starsGBX 45.45-1.1%GBX 60+32.0%+19.0%£245.69M£183.15M-765.8391,000SGMSigma Capital GroupN/AGBX 202flatN/AN/A£181.35M£10.60M54.5948,300MSIMS INTERNATIONALN/AGBX 1,049-0.1%N/A+17.2%£167.74M£109.58M1,565.67455Dividend CutPositive NewsBERIBlackRock Energy and ResourcesN/AGBX 122.50+1.2%N/A+9.4%£149.56M£27.41M680.56N/APositive NewsMCPMartin Currie Asia Unconstrand TrustN/AGBX 414+0.6%N/AN/A£145.58M£6.14M43.1321,000AMATAmati AIM VCTN/AGBX 74.50flatN/A-13.9%£109.91M£-8,000,000.00-1,064.2933,000STMSTM GroupN/AN/AN/A+11.8%£35.53M£30.06M3,075.0048,300 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Empiric Student Property Competitors The Restaurant Group Competitors International Personal Finance Competitors Alliance Pharma Competitors Sigma Capital Group Competitors MS INTERNATIONAL Competitors BlackRock Energy and Resources Competitors Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust Competitors Amati AIM VCT Competitors STM Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:SPI) was last updated on 12/9/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now”WARNING: 80 Wall Street banks are gearing up for MASSIVE D.C. shock This $2 trillion D.C. shock is NOT abou...Timothy Sykes | SponsoredThe Crypto Secret Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to KnowThe Crypto Wall Street Is Desperate to Hide It's happening now, right under everyone's radar. 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