LSC vs. MRL, MCG, AVON, FRAN, COD, CWR, CHRT, RST, ITM, and FNTL
Should you be buying London Security stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Security include Marlowe (MRL), Mobico Group (MCG), Avon Protection (AVON), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Ceres Power (CWR), Cohort (CHRT), Restore (RST), ITM Power (ITM), and Fintel (FNTL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
London Security (LON:LSC) and Marlowe (LON:MRL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Marlowe has a consensus price target of GBX 710, indicating a potential upside of 34.04%. Given Marlowe's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marlowe is more favorable than London Security.
55.2% of Marlowe shares are held by institutional investors. 99.0% of London Security shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of Marlowe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marlowe received 90 more outperform votes than London Security when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.25% of users gave Marlowe an outperform vote while only 70.91% of users gave London Security an outperform vote.
In the previous week, London Security had 3 more articles in the media than Marlowe. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for London Security and 2 mentions for Marlowe. Marlowe's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat London Security's score of -0.15 indicating that Marlowe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
London Security has a net margin of 10.41% compared to Marlowe's net margin of -2.85%. London Security's return on equity of 14.80% beat Marlowe's return on equity.
London Security has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marlowe has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
London Security has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marlowe. Marlowe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Security, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
London Security beats Marlowe on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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