MER vs. XPS, CVSG, HFD, CARD, RNK, 888, YNGA, WIX, GLE, and ABDP
Should you be buying Mears Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mears Group include XPS Pensions Group (XPS), CVS Group (CVSG), Halfords Group (HFD), Card Factory (CARD), The Rank Group (RNK), 888 (888), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Wickes Group (WIX), MJ Gleeson (GLE), and AB Dynamics (ABDP). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) and Mears Group (LON:MER) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
84.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 124.3% of Mears Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Mears Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
XPS Pensions Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 263, suggesting a potential upside of 2.33%. Mears Group has a consensus price target of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 15.70%. Given XPS Pensions Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mears Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.
Mears Group received 245 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.32% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 75.05% of users gave Mears Group an outperform vote.
Mears Group has higher revenue and earnings than XPS Pensions Group. Mears Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPS Pensions Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 8.37% compared to XPS Pensions Group's net margin of 3.23%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 17.70% beat Mears Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mears Group had 4 more articles in the media than XPS Pensions Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mears Group and 2 mentions for XPS Pensions Group. XPS Pensions Group's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Mears Group's score of 0.13 indicating that Mears Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Mears Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. XPS Pensions Group pays out 12,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mears Group pays out 4,230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mears Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mears Group beats XPS Pensions Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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