MEGP vs. VLX, KIE, STEM, JSG, RWS, SNR, GDWN, ICGC, AFM, and CGEO
Should you be buying ME Group International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ME Group International include Volex (VLX), Kier Group (KIE), SThree (STEM), Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), Senior (SNR), Goodwin (GDWN), Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), and Georgia Capital (CGEO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Volex (LON:VLX) and ME Group International (LON:MEGP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
ME Group International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Volex. ME Group International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volex presently has a consensus target price of GBX 420, indicating a potential upside of 22.16%. ME Group International has a consensus target price of GBX 201.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.60%. Given ME Group International's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than ME Group International.
In the previous week, ME Group International had 2 more articles in the media than Volex. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ME Group International and 1 mentions for Volex. Volex's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat ME Group International's score of 0.10 indicating that ME Group International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ME Group International pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Volex pays out 2,352.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ME Group International pays out 5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Volex has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ME Group International has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Volex received 229 more outperform votes than ME Group International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ME Group International an outperform vote while only 75.56% of users gave Volex an outperform vote.
40.1% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of ME Group International shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of ME Group International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ME Group International has a net margin of 17.02% compared to ME Group International's net margin of 4.67%. Volex's return on equity of 34.75% beat ME Group International's return on equity.
Summary
ME Group International beats Volex on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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