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Spire Healthcare Group (SPI) Competitors

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GBX 223.50 +0.50 (+0.22%)
(As of 10:33 AM ET)

SPI vs. ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MSI, 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), 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 (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.

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.

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)
0.00
Spire Healthcare Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Empiric Student PropertyOutperform Votes
167
66.80%
Underperform Votes
83
33.20%
Spire Healthcare GroupOutperform Votes
355
60.89%
Underperform Votes
228
39.11%

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.

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%

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.

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

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 Ratio
Empiric Student Property£81.60M6.40£53.60M£0.09960.81
Spire Healthcare Group£1.44B0.63£28.30M£0.073,185.71

Summary

Spire Healthcare Group beats Empiric Student Property on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SPI vs. The Competition

MetricSpire Healthcare GroupMedical Care Facilities IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£900.52M£1.42B£4.94B£1.42B
Dividend Yield1.14%3.79%7.63%11.72%
P/E Ratio3,185.71221.3778.261,570.48
Price / Sales0.6362.181,352.91246,002.25
Price / Cash9.1212.9434.2332.92
Price / Book1.222.294.722.89
Net Income£28.30M£52.03M£113.07M£152.61M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPI
Spire Healthcare Group
2.2695 of 5 stars
GBX 223.50
+0.2%
GBX 322
+44.1%
+0.9%£902.54M£1.44B3,192.86420
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 86.80
-1.4%
N/A-5.1%£523.85M£81.60M980.00150
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AGBX 64.80
flat
N/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 131.50
-0.8%
N/A+11.9%£286.85M£759.50M657.506,230
APH
Alliance Pharma
3.4858 of 5 stars
GBX 45.45
-1.1%
GBX 60
+32.0%
+19.0%£245.69M£183.15M-765.8391,000
SGM
Sigma Capital Group
N/AGBX 202
flat
N/AN/A£181.35M£10.60M54.5948,300
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 1,049
-0.1%
N/A+17.2%£167.74M£109.58M1,565.67455Dividend Cut
Positive News
BERI
BlackRock Energy and Resources
N/AGBX 122.50
+1.2%
N/A+9.4%£149.56M£27.41M680.56N/APositive News
MCP
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust
N/AGBX 414
+0.6%
N/AN/A£145.58M£6.14M43.1321,000
AMAT
Amati AIM VCT
N/AGBX 74.50
flat
N/A-13.9%£109.91M£-8,000,000.00-1,064.2933,000
STM
STM Group
N/AN/AN/A+11.8%£35.53M£30.06M3,075.0048,300

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This page (LON:SPI) was last updated on 12/9/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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