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GB vs. WPP, QBTS, WSC, HNGE, STNE, FTDR, HRI, APLD, DLO, and RELY

Should you be buying Global Blue Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Blue Group include WPP (WPP), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), WillScot (WSC), Hinge Health (HNGE), StoneCo (STNE), Frontdoor (FTDR), Herc (HRI), Applied Digital (APLD), DLocal (DLO), and Remitly Global (RELY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Global Blue Group vs. Its Competitors

Global Blue Group (NYSE:GB) and WPP (NYSE:WPP) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

WPP has higher revenue and earnings than Global Blue Group. WPP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Blue Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Global Blue Group$545.29M2.74$90.58M$0.3720.24
WPP$18.84B0.30$692.62M$5.974.44

89.7% of Global Blue Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of WPP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Global Blue Group has a net margin of 16.56% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. Global Blue Group's return on equity of 45.20% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Global Blue Group16.56% 45.20% 4.69%
WPP N/A N/A N/A

Global Blue Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, WPP had 8 more articles in the media than Global Blue Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WPP and 0 mentions for Global Blue Group. Global Blue Group's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat WPP's score of 0.38 indicating that Global Blue Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Global Blue Group Very Positive
WPP Neutral

Global Blue Group currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 19.89%. Given Global Blue Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Global Blue Group is more favorable than WPP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Global Blue Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
WPP
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

Summary

Global Blue Group beats WPP on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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GB vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal Blue GroupFinancial Transaction Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.49B$34.15B$26.27B$21.36B
Dividend YieldN/A2.18%2.74%3.50%
P/E Ratio20.2438.5621.4026.80
Price / Sales2.7415.01770.5652.63
Price / Cash11.7319.0627.2124.03
Price / Book9.606.606.215.36
Net Income$90.58M$1.11B$196.88M$996.52M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.07%8.44%0.44%
1 Month Performance1.28%4.46%6.11%3.55%
1 Year Performance49.80%27.20%45.64%12.14%

Global Blue Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GB
Global Blue Group
1.7976 of 5 stars
$7.49
+0.1%
$6.00
-19.9%
+52.5%$1.49B$545.29M20.242,160
WPP
WPP
1.7857 of 5 stars
$26.78
-1.1%
N/A-44.2%$5.84B$18.84B4.49108,044
QBTS
D-Wave Quantum
2.4089 of 5 stars
$15.02
-3.3%
$19.27
+28.3%
+1,562.2%$5.31B$8.83M-14.303
WSC
WillScot
4.5977 of 5 stars
$24.75
-0.7%
$36.00
+45.5%
-35.8%$4.54B$2.40B41.254,500Positive News
HNGE
Hinge Health
N/A$54.96
-4.5%
$55.71
+1.4%
N/A$4.52BN/A0.001,514
STNE
StoneCo
3.636 of 5 stars
$15.42
+0.5%
$15.07
-2.3%
+27.5%$4.39B$2.46B-22.0316,793News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FTDR
Frontdoor
3.7037 of 5 stars
$60.05
+0.5%
$59.75
-0.5%
+27.0%$4.35B$1.84B17.712,120Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HRI
Herc
2.5996 of 5 stars
$132.07
+1.8%
$144.60
+9.5%
-5.5%$4.31B$3.57B153.577,600News Coverage
Positive News
APLD
Applied Digital
2.5454 of 5 stars
$15.95
-0.6%
$15.64
-2.0%
+276.4%$4.20B$144.19M-14.63121Analyst Revision
DLO
DLocal
1.8082 of 5 stars
$14.65
+0.2%
$13.73
-6.3%
+69.3%$4.17B$745.97M30.521,095
RELY
Remitly Global
3.244 of 5 stars
$18.74
-1.6%
$29.00
+54.7%
+37.8%$3.93B$1.26B312.392,800News Coverage
Positive News

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