INF vs. PSON, WPP, AUTO, RMV, AAF, VOD, ITV, FUTR, BMY, and RCH
Should you be buying Informa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Informa include Pearson (PSON), WPP (WPP), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Rightmove (RMV), Airtel Africa (AAF), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), ITV (ITV), Future (FUTR), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), and Reach (RCH). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Informa (LON:INF) and Pearson (LON:PSON) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Informa has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Pearson's net margin of 10.29%. Pearson's return on equity of 9.04% beat Informa's return on equity.
Informa has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Informa has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pearson. Pearson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Informa pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Informa pays out 7,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pearson pays out 4,339.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pearson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pearson received 14 more outperform votes than Informa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave Informa an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.
Informa presently has a consensus price target of GBX 865.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. Pearson has a consensus price target of GBX 1,108.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.29%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pearson is more favorable than Informa.
79.8% of Informa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Informa shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Informa had 5 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Informa and 5 mentions for Pearson. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Informa's score of 0.33 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pearson beats Informa on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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