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$7.94 -0.05 (-0.63%)
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MG vs. ACTG, FC, OMEX, VRSK, EFX, FCN, DNB, CBZ, EXPO, and VSEC

Should you be buying Mistras Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mistras Group include Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), Exponent (EXPO), and VSE (VSEC). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.

Mistras Group vs. Its Competitors

Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) and Mistras Group (NYSE:MG) are both small-cap research & consulting services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Acacia Research has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mistras Group has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Mistras Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Acacia Research Positive
Mistras Group Neutral

86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Mistras Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Acacia Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Mistras Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acacia Research$122.31M2.91-$36.06M-$0.11-33.64
Mistras Group$729.64M0.34$18.96M$0.4716.89

Mistras Group has a net margin of 2.10% compared to Acacia Research's net margin of -5.21%. Mistras Group's return on equity of 10.16% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acacia Research-5.21% 2.09% 1.60%
Mistras Group 2.10%10.16%3.77%

Summary

Mistras Group beats Acacia Research on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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MG vs. The Competition

MetricMistras GroupELEC PRODS IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$248.76M$8.08B$28.50B$20.74B
Dividend YieldN/A1.75%3.09%3.69%
P/E Ratio16.8913.3733.6227.57
Price / Sales0.3440.311,805.6359.04
Price / Cash4.4715.6037.8622.13
Price / Book1.249.427.634.66
Net Income$18.96M$255.60M$779.03M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-2.34%6.06%2.35%-0.29%
1 Month Performance5.03%13.16%7.48%4.91%
1 Year Performance-11.38%-1.52%52,761.55%10.53%

Mistras Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MG
Mistras Group
3.72 of 5 stars
$7.94
-0.6%
N/A-11.8%$248.76M$729.64M16.894,800
ACTG
Acacia Research
1.1197 of 5 stars
$3.77
-5.0%
N/A-32.5%$362.57M$222.41M-34.271,036
FC
Franklin Covey
3.8729 of 5 stars
$20.14
+1.4%
$31.00
+53.9%
-52.1%$254.57M$287.23M25.491,084
OMEX
Odyssey Marine Exploration
N/A$1.43
+11.7%
N/A-70.3%$44.81M$700.61K0.0010News Coverage
Positive News
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.2149 of 5 stars
$305.62
+1.7%
$302.40
-1.1%
+8.4%$42.75B$2.88B44.757,800Positive News
EFX
Equifax
4.7542 of 5 stars
$260.73
+0.8%
$295.50
+13.3%
+1.0%$32.38B$5.68B53.3214,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.2161 of 5 stars
$167.11
+1.8%
$175.50
+5.0%
-26.5%$5.73B$3.67B22.868,374Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.3301 of 5 stars
$9.11
-0.1%
$11.86
+30.2%
-10.3%$4.06B$2.38B-182.106,247
CBZ
CBIZ
3.1935 of 5 stars
$72.90
+0.9%
$86.00
+18.0%
-10.6%$3.97B$2.16B49.5910,000
EXPO
Exponent
4.2444 of 5 stars
$74.46
+0.2%
$120.00
+61.2%
-29.5%$3.78B$559.09M36.321,168
VSEC
VSE
3.28 of 5 stars
$129.58
+2.3%
$130.00
+0.3%
+49.8%$2.68B$1.17B161.981,400

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