CAU vs. SYS1, EBQ, PEBB, NAH, TMG, SBDS, SAA, FDEV, EMAN, and DEVO
Should you be buying Centaur Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centaur Media include System1 Group (SYS1), Ebiquity (EBQ), The Pebble Group (PEBB), NAHL Group (NAH), The Mission Group (TMG), Silver Bullet Data Services Group (SBDS), M&C Saatchi (SAA), Frontier Developments (FDEV), Everyman Media Group (EMAN), and Devolver Digital (DEVO). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Centaur Media (LON:CAU) and System1 Group (LON:SYS1) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Centaur Media pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. System1 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Centaur Media pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. System1 Group pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centaur Media is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Centaur Media had 2 more articles in the media than System1 Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Centaur Media and 0 mentions for System1 Group. Centaur Media's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled System1 Group'saverage media sentiment score.
82.9% of Centaur Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of System1 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Centaur Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of System1 Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
System1 Group has a consensus price target of GBX 615, suggesting a potential upside of 30.85%. Given System1 Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe System1 Group is more favorable than Centaur Media.
Centaur Media received 326 more outperform votes than System1 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave Centaur Media an outperform vote while only 64.25% of users gave System1 Group an outperform vote.
Centaur Media has a net margin of 12.99% compared to System1 Group's net margin of 4.73%. System1 Group's return on equity of 13.88% beat Centaur Media's return on equity.
Centaur Media has higher revenue and earnings than System1 Group. Centaur Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than System1 Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Centaur Media has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, System1 Group has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Centaur Media and System1 Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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