AUTO vs. RMV, PSON, AAF, WPP, ITV, INF, FOUR, ZEG, VOD, and MONY
Should you be buying Auto Trader Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Auto Trader Group include Rightmove (RMV), Pearson (PSON), Airtel Africa (AAF), WPP (WPP), ITV (ITV), Informa (INF), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), and Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) and Rightmove (LON:RMV) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Rightmove received 18 more outperform votes than Auto Trader Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.61% of users gave Auto Trader Group an outperform vote while only 59.66% of users gave Rightmove an outperform vote.
71.3% of Auto Trader Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Rightmove shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Auto Trader Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Rightmove shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Auto Trader Group and Auto Trader Group both had 1 articles in the media. Auto Trader Group's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Rightmove's score of -0.05 indicating that Auto Trader Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Auto Trader Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 637.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.80%. Rightmove has a consensus target price of GBX 602.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.95%. Given Rightmove's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rightmove is more favorable than Auto Trader Group.
Auto Trader Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rightmove. Rightmove is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auto Trader Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Auto Trader Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Rightmove pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Auto Trader Group pays out 3,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rightmove pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Auto Trader Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rightmove has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rightmove has a net margin of 54.66% compared to Auto Trader Group's net margin of 44.36%. Rightmove's return on equity of 289.63% beat Auto Trader Group's return on equity.
Summary
Rightmove beats Auto Trader Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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