TUNE vs. GYM, HRN, CCT, BOWL, HSW, MARS, LGRS, VTU, FSTA, and YNGN
Should you be buying Focusrite stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Focusrite include The Gym Group (GYM), Hornby (HRN), The Character Group (CCT), Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), Hostelworld Group (HSW), Marston's (MARS), Loungers (LGRS), Vertu Motors (VTU), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), and Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Focusrite (LON:TUNE) and The Gym Group (LON:GYM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
The Gym Group received 201 more outperform votes than Focusrite when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.57% of users gave Focusrite an outperform vote while only 78.90% of users gave The Gym Group an outperform vote.
Focusrite has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Gym Group. The Gym Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Focusrite, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Focusrite has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gym Group has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Focusrite pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. The Gym Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Focusrite pays out 2,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Gym Group pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Focusrite presently has a consensus target price of GBX 700, suggesting a potential upside of 110.53%. The Gym Group has a consensus target price of GBX 121, suggesting a potential upside of 10.60%. Given Focusrite's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Focusrite is more favorable than The Gym Group.
48.2% of Focusrite shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of The Gym Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.0% of Focusrite shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of The Gym Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Focusrite has a net margin of 9.97% compared to The Gym Group's net margin of -4.12%. Focusrite's return on equity of 15.91% beat The Gym Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Gym Group had 1 more articles in the media than Focusrite. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Gym Group and 1 mentions for Focusrite. The Gym Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Focusrite's score of -0.56 indicating that The Gym Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Focusrite beats The Gym Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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