YOU vs. GEN, DOCS, WIX, CNIC, SRAD, NET, GVP, SLP, ARBB, and CYN
Should you be buying YouGov stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of YouGov include Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), and CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
YouGov vs.
Genuit Group (LON:GEN) and YouGov (LON:YOU) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
82.1% of Genuit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Genuit Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Genuit Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 545, indicating a potential upside of 43.42%. YouGov has a consensus price target of GBX 880, indicating a potential upside of 202.04%. Given YouGov's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe YouGov is more favorable than Genuit Group.
Genuit Group has higher revenue and earnings than YouGov. YouGov is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuit Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Genuit Group pays out 125.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. YouGov pays out -458.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
YouGov received 192 more outperform votes than Genuit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.18% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote while only 67.66% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote.
Genuit Group has a net margin of 4.26% compared to YouGov's net margin of -0.69%. Genuit Group's return on equity of 3.74% beat YouGov's return on equity.
In the previous week, YouGov had 21 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for YouGov and 3 mentions for Genuit Group. YouGov's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Genuit Group's score of 0.36 indicating that YouGov is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Genuit Group beats YouGov on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:YOU) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
