DATA vs. RHIM, MTO, TPK, HILS, GFTU, PAGE, HAS, BBY, QQ, and SRP
Should you be buying GlobalData stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GlobalData include RHI Magnesita (RHIM), Mitie Group (MTO), Travis Perkins (TPK), Hill & Smith (HILS), Grafton Group (GFTU), PageGroup (PAGE), Hays (HAS), Balfour Beatty (BBY), QinetiQ Group (QQ), and Serco Group (SRP). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
GlobalData (LON:DATA) and RHI Magnesita (LON:RHIM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
RHI Magnesita received 22 more outperform votes than GlobalData when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.18% of users gave RHI Magnesita an outperform vote while only 66.46% of users gave GlobalData an outperform vote.
RHI Magnesita has higher revenue and earnings than GlobalData. RHI Magnesita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GlobalData, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GlobalData has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RHI Magnesita has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. RHI Magnesita pays an annual dividend of GBX 155 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. GlobalData pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RHI Magnesita pays out 5,290.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RHI Magnesita is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
RHI Magnesita has a consensus price target of GBX 4,033.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.07%. Given RHI Magnesita's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RHI Magnesita is more favorable than GlobalData.
26.3% of GlobalData shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of RHI Magnesita shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.1% of GlobalData shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 42.2% of RHI Magnesita shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GlobalData has a net margin of 11.28% compared to RHI Magnesita's net margin of 4.61%. GlobalData's return on equity of 58.06% beat RHI Magnesita's return on equity.
In the previous week, GlobalData had 13 more articles in the media than RHI Magnesita. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for GlobalData and 1 mentions for RHI Magnesita. RHI Magnesita's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat GlobalData's score of 0.16 indicating that RHI Magnesita is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
RHI Magnesita beats GlobalData on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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