YOU vs. NFG, ASCL, FOUR, SFOR, NEXN, BCG, MONY, HTWS, KWS, and GAMA
Should you be buying YouGov stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of YouGov include Next 15 Group (NFG), Ascential (ASCL), 4imprint Group (FOUR), S4 Capital (SFOR), Nexxen International (NEXN), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Helios Towers (HTWS), Keywords Studios (KWS), and Gamma Communications (GAMA). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Next 15 Group (LON:NFG) and YouGov (LON:YOU) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Next 15 Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.0% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% 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.
Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Next 15 Group pays out 5,769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. YouGov pays out 4,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Next 15 Group has higher revenue and earnings than YouGov. Next 15 Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YouGov, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, YouGov had 5 more articles in the media than Next 15 Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for YouGov and 9 mentions for Next 15 Group. YouGov's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Next 15 Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Next 15 Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Next 15 Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,446.67, suggesting a potential upside of 58.11%. YouGov has a consensus price target of GBX 1,350, suggesting a potential upside of 56.98%. Given YouGov's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Next 15 Group is more favorable than YouGov.
YouGov received 214 more outperform votes than Next 15 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave Next 15 Group an outperform vote while only 67.27% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote.
YouGov has a net margin of 8.41% compared to YouGov's net margin of 3.52%. YouGov's return on equity of 25.25% beat Next 15 Group's return on equity.
Summary
Next 15 Group beats YouGov on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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