MCG vs. FGP, LSC, AVON, FRAN, COD, CWR, CHRT, ITM, FNTL, and RST
Should you be buying Mobico Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mobico Group include FirstGroup (FGP), London Security (LSC), Avon Protection (AVON), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Ceres Power (CWR), Cohort (CHRT), ITM Power (ITM), Fintel (FNTL), and Restore (RST). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
FirstGroup (LON:FGP) and Mobico Group (LON:MCG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
FirstGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Mobico Group. FirstGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mobico Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mobico Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. FirstGroup pays out -40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mobico Group pays out -1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, FirstGroup had 2 more articles in the media than Mobico Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FirstGroup and 0 mentions for Mobico Group. FirstGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Mobico Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Mobico Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.1% of FirstGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Mobico Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of FirstGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Mobico Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FirstGroup presently has a consensus target price of GBX 171, indicating a potential downside of 0.18%. Given Mobico Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe FirstGroup is more favorable than Mobico Group.
FirstGroup received 594 more outperform votes than Mobico Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
FirstGroup has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobico Group has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstGroup has a net margin of 0.69% compared to FirstGroup's net margin of -5.20%. Mobico Group's return on equity of 0.50% beat FirstGroup's return on equity.
Summary
FirstGroup beats Mobico Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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