Noah (NOAH) Competitors

Noah (NYSE:NOAH) and OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NOAH or OUT?

Noah has higher revenue and earnings than OUTFRONT Media. OUTFRONT Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noah, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Noah	$2.57B	0.31	$142.18M	$0.97	12.58
OUTFRONT Media	$1.81B	1.49	-$430.40M	$1.52	10.63

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NOAH or OUT?

42.7% of Noah shares are held by institutional investors. 47.2% of Noah shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OUTFRONT Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NOAH or OUT a better dividend stock?

Noah pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Noah pays out 106.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OUTFRONT Media pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate NOAH or OUT?

Noah currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.64%. OUTFRONT Media has a consensus price target of $18.23, suggesting a potential upside of 12.83%. Given OUTFRONT Media's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OUTFRONT Media is more favorable than Noah.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Noah	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
OUTFRONT Media	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the media favor NOAH or OUT?

In the previous week, Noah and Noah both had 3 articles in the media. Noah's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat OUTFRONT Media's score of 0.50 indicating that Noah is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Noah	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
OUTFRONT Media	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NOAH or OUT more profitable?

Noah has a net margin of 23.53% compared to OUTFRONT Media's net margin of 13.30%. OUTFRONT Media's return on equity of 40.33% beat Noah's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Noah	23.53%	6.43%	5.28%
OUTFRONT Media	13.30%	40.33%	4.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOAH or OUT?

OUTFRONT Media received 25 more outperform votes than Noah when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.68% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave Noah an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Noah	Outperform Votes 268 57.39%	Underperform Votes 199 42.61%
OUTFRONT Media	Outperform Votes 293 57.68%	Underperform Votes 215 42.32%

Which has more risk and volatility, NOAH or OUT?

Noah has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

OUTFRONT Media beats Noah on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.