Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA) Competitors

Loungers (LON:LGRS) and Fuller, Smith & Turner (LON:FSTA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, LGRS or FSTA?

Loungers has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fuller, Smith & Turner has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LGRS or FSTA?

Fuller, Smith & Turner received 195 more outperform votes than Loungers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.18% of users gave Loungers an outperform vote while only 66.25% of users gave Fuller, Smith & Turner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loungers	Outperform Votes 68 87.18%	Underperform Votes 10 12.82%
Fuller, Smith & Turner	Outperform Votes 263 66.25%	Underperform Votes 134 33.75%

Does the media prefer LGRS or FSTA?

In the previous week, Loungers had 8 more articles in the media than Fuller, Smith & Turner. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Loungers and 0 mentions for Fuller, Smith & Turner. Fuller, Smith & Turner's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Loungers' score of 0.00 indicating that Loungers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Loungers	Neutral
Fuller, Smith & Turner	Neutral

Do analysts recommend LGRS or FSTA?

Loungers currently has a consensus price target of GBX 350, suggesting a potential upside of 48.31%. Given Fuller, Smith & Turner's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Loungers is more favorable than Fuller, Smith & Turner.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loungers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fuller, Smith & Turner	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LGRS or FSTA?

79.2% of Loungers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Fuller, Smith & Turner shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Loungers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Fuller, Smith & Turner shares are held 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 LGRS or FSTA more profitable?

Fuller, Smith & Turner has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Fuller, Smith & Turner's net margin of 2.32%. Fuller, Smith & Turner's return on equity of 5.03% beat Loungers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loungers	2.32%	5.03%	2.83%
Fuller, Smith & Turner	2.94%	2.33%	2.82%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LGRS or FSTA?

Fuller, Smith & Turner has higher revenue and earnings than Loungers. Loungers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fuller, Smith & Turner, 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
Loungers	£310.80M	0.79	£7.20M	£0.07	3,371.43
Fuller, Smith & Turner	£356.50M	0.64	£10.50M	£0.18	3,400.00

Summary

Loungers beats Fuller, Smith & Turner on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.