De La Rue (DLAR) Competitors

De La Rue (LON:DLAR) and Begbies Traynor Group (LON:BEG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DLAR or BEG?

Begbies Traynor Group received 40 more outperform votes than De La Rue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.61% of users gave Begbies Traynor Group an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
De La Rue	Outperform Votes 180 64.98%	Underperform Votes 97 35.02%
Begbies Traynor Group	Outperform Votes 220 72.61%	Underperform Votes 83 27.39%

Is DLAR or BEG a better dividend stock?

De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.7%. Begbies Traynor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. De La Rue pays out -10,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, DLAR or BEG?

De La Rue has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Begbies Traynor Group has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DLAR or BEG?

Begbies Traynor Group has a consensus price target of GBX 176, suggesting a potential upside of 67.62%. Given Begbies Traynor Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Begbies Traynor Group is more favorable than De La Rue.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
De La Rue	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Begbies Traynor Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to DLAR or BEG?

In the previous week, Begbies Traynor Group had 4 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Begbies Traynor Group and 3 mentions for De La Rue. De La Rue's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Begbies Traynor Group's score of -0.09 indicating that De La Rue is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
De La Rue	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Begbies Traynor Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, DLAR or BEG?

Begbies Traynor Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than De La Rue.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
De La Rue	£346.90M	0.51	-£43.50M	-£0.22	-407.27
Begbies Traynor Group	£129.23M	1.28	£2.91M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DLAR or BEG?

74.9% of De La Rue shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Begbies Traynor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.7% of Begbies Traynor 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.

Is DLAR or BEG more profitable?

Begbies Traynor Group has a net margin of 0.32% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -12.60%. Begbies Traynor Group's return on equity of 0.50% beat De La Rue's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
De La Rue	-12.60%	-95.30%	4.61%
Begbies Traynor Group	0.32%	0.50%	5.65%

Summary

Begbies Traynor Group beats De La Rue on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.